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RAM upgrade
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:35 pm
by kylepaddock
I have a Gateway MT 6707. It has 2GB of RAM i would like to upgrade it to 3 or 4GB of RAM. Can I do that?
Re: RAM upgrade
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:21 pm
by DMB2000uk
Using CPUz, is it possible to identify the motherboard used in this PC (at very least the chipset)? As we should be able to work out the memory supported (either via the motherboard manufacturers website or chipset spec sheets).
Dan
Re: RAM upgrade
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:50 pm
by kylepaddock
here is a shot of it,
Re: RAM upgrade
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:00 pm
by kenc51
2x 1GB is the max that chipset supports. This is common with the pentium dual core laptops.
Re: RAM upgrade
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:06 pm
by kylepaddock
rats
could i upgrade the CPU?
Re: RAM upgrade
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:26 pm
by DMB2000uk
If it's a laptop, odds are no, because they are mostly soldered to the motherboard as of late.
Dan
Re: RAM upgrade
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:31 pm
by kylepaddock
I have looked at this one and i can remove it like a 378 type socket.
Re: RAM upgrade
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:21 pm
by DMB2000uk
Can you find any CPUs that will fit that socket?
Even if you can, there's no garuntee that they'd work though, as it might need a BIOS update to support it, and generally laptop motherboards don't get updated to support different CPUs they don't ship with.
Dan
Re: RAM upgrade
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:24 pm
by kylepaddock
I dont know what socket it is... it looks like a mini 378. My board does have bios updates