Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-16 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 16 January 2013 05:27:46 vishnu vardhan wrote: 3.    The RAM can be extended up to 8 GB in your laptop. Hence, you need to contact to the service center regarding the same. You now know what memory you need. You can safely buy it! It looks very easy to install. You just need to

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-15 Thread vishnu vardhan
The answer to this appears to be a large part of the problem. Vardhan, if you get the memory you are going to have to open the laptop up to install it. So, since you are going to have to do it anyway to install anything, why not pluck up courage and open it up now, and count how many memory

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-15 Thread Doug
On 01/16/2013 12:27 AM, vishnu vardhan wrote: The answer to this appears to be a large part of the problem. Vardhan, if you get the memory you are going to have to open the laptop up to install it. So, since you are going to have to do it anyway to install anything, why not pluck up courage and

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-15 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 01:25:59AM -0500, Doug wrote: On 01/16/2013 12:27 AM, vishnu vardhan wrote: i have contacted toshiba i am stumped by their reply : 3.The RAM can be extended up to 8 GB in your laptop. Hence, you need to contact to the service center regarding the same. 4.

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-15 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:57:46AM +0530, vishnu vardhan wrote: i have contacted toshiba i am stumped by their reply : 3.The RAM can be extended up to 8 GB in your laptop. Hence, you need to contact to the service center regarding the same. 4.The Ram details :- 204-Pin DDR3

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-07 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Hi Vishnu, maybe you have to update the BIOS of the notebook? The output of dmidecode shows SMBIOS 2.7. Looking at the website http://www.toshiba-india.com/laptop/satellite-c850-amd-viewmodel.html under Service Support -- Download Drivers for BIOS of Sattelite C850 it says the newest is 23 Nov

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-07 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 07 January 2013 06:46:31 Chris Bannister wrote: I read the output [unfortunately it's been snipped] as 2GB was the maximum capacity for that slot. Are there four slots? The answer to this appears to be a large part of the problem. Vardhan, if you get the memory you are going to

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-06 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 05/01/13 22:26, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 05 January 2013 19:42:39 Doug wrote: Either Kingston or Crucial, I believe, can figure out what kind of ram you need by looking at your computer, but you probably have to access their website from a Windows OS. (I did this quite a while ago,

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-06 Thread vishnu vardhan
| Memory Device | Speed: 1600 MHz (0.6 ns) i have come across this page on toshiba website it's quite strange : http://www.toshiba-india.com/laptop/satellite-c850-amd-viewmodel.html toshiba india website shows : Memory Slot : 2GB (1 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 MHz. so, is the dmidecode info is correct ?

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-06 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Hi. vishnu vardhan wrote, on 01/05/13 13:28: facts: i have recently purchased a laptop. it is shipped with 2gb ram. the maximum ram is 8gb. snip Handle 0x000D, DMI type 16, 23 bytes Physical Memory Array Location: System Board Or Motherboard Use: System Memory Error

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-06 Thread vishnu vardhan
This indicates that the RAM capacity of your laptop is already utilized. What lets you think it can use 8 gb of RAM? hi Jörg-Volker, the toshiba website link clearly states 8 gb ram : http://www.toshiba-india.com/laptop/satellite-c850-amd-viewmodel.html. now i am confused a lot. from the

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 10:16:05AM +0530, vishnu vardhan wrote: This indicates that the RAM capacity of your laptop is already utilized. What lets you think it can use 8 gb of RAM? hi Jörg-Volker, the toshiba website link clearly states 8 gb ram :

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-06 Thread Doug
On 01/06/2013 11:46 PM, vishnu vardhan wrote: This indicates that the RAM capacity of your laptop is already utilized. What lets you think it can use 8 gb of RAM? hi Jörg-Volker, the toshiba website link clearly states 8 gb ram :

how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-05 Thread vishnu vardhan
facts: i have recently purchased a laptop. it is shipped with 2gb ram. the maximum ram is 8gb. i want to replace 2gb ram with 2 4gb ram modules. i did ask once in chat about the ram, and a person has given me an idea about what type of ram i should purchase. the laptop manufacturer did not

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-05 Thread Ramon Hofer
Hi war_dhan What brand and type is your laptop? On Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:58:03 +0530, vishnu vardhan wrote: questions: without opening the laptop where can i find info about number of pins voltage capacity of my memory module ? [ i am scared to open laptop ]. Usually there's a cover to

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 05 January 2013 12:28:03 vishnu vardhan wrote: i want to buy only kingston [btw, you can also recommend or suggest to a novice like me other than kingston]. I always use Crucial. If you can tell them the motherboard you have, they will tell you what RAM you need. (The tools are

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-05 Thread Go Linux
--- On Sat, 1/5/13, vishnu vardhan vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com wrote: From: vishnu vardhan vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com Subject: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module? To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Saturday, January 5, 2013, 6:28 AM facts: i have recently purchased a laptop

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-05 Thread Doug
On 01/05/2013 09:01 AM, Ramon Hofer wrote: Hi war_dhan What brand and type is your laptop? On Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:58:03 +0530, vishnu vardhan wrote: questions: without opening the laptop where can i find info about number of pins voltage capacity of my memory module ? [ i am scared to open

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 05 January 2013 19:42:39 Doug wrote: Either Kingston or Crucial, I believe, can figure out what kind of ram you need by looking at your computer, but you probably have to access their website from a Windows OS.  (I did this quite a while ago, from a Windows machine, and I forget

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-05 Thread vishnu vardhan
| Hi war_dhan | What brand and type is your laptop? Hi Ramon, my laptop model : toshiba satellite c850d-m5010. motherboard info [ from sysinfo ] : MOTHERBOARD Host bridge Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7 Subsystem: