Korean Job Discussion Forums

shetan · Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Location: In front of my PC.

Hi thanks for any advice or help.

I just got a used laptop, Acer Aspire 4520. I want to upgrade the mempry

it as 2 slots and can take 4gb RAM (according to the manual)

Quote"Up to 4gb of DDR2 67 MHz memory using 2 soDIMM modules(dual channel support)"

anyone know wer I can buy these? or some shop i can go to where they will install them for me?

any ideas on rough price?

will it help performance much? i have athlon 64 dual core processers and the ram is shared with vdeo... but the RAM monitor says its 88% used (this is at rest) is that normal? or do i have some other problems?

nce again thanks for any advice....

JustJohn · Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Location: Your computer screen

1. How much RAM do you have now?

2. What kind of programs do you usually run?

3. Are you running Vista?

4. Do you run a lot of programs at the same time?

It all depends, but RAM can make your system seem a lot faster if you're short on it. And it wasn't completely clear, but if you're at 88% usage at startup, then you probably need more.

Also, if you answered yes to 3 or 4 and have 512mb or less then you definitely want to upgrade the RAM.

You can get it at yongsan. Should be around $45 for 2GB of the cheap stuff.

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

Unless you are running 64 bit WINDOWS (XP64 or VISTA 64) it is pointless to get more than 3 gigs of RAM.

32 bit windows (XP or VISTA) can't use more than 3.5 gigs of RAM.

The best place to get it would be over at the son-in plaza across the tracks from the station.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2200/2283113973_2ba7bc0f8d_o.jpg

.