TravelMate 3212NWXMi (3210 series) - Urgent RAM Upgradation...!!!

TravelMate 3212NWXMi (3210 series) - Urgent RAM Upgradation...!!!

Respected nerds, techs, geeks and dear fellow members,

After months and years of waiting and speculation; I (poor soul who managed to purchase laptop first time in life) purchased one laptop few months back - TravelMate 3212NWXMi -

Presently by default the laptop came with -

1. 60 GB Hard Disk
2. 256 MB DDR II

Now I am finding that both of the above is posing as a terrible constraint in my use of laptop.

The laptop is terribly slowly and I find it very diffcult to use in reading word documents; PDFs etc...

I want to upgrade RAM as Maximum as possible...

From my preliminary analysis; what appears to me is that there may be two slots and maximum each slot can take 1 GB each...(I may be wrong)...

Few Questions in context of RAM Upgradation:

1. Is it wise to go for 1 GB each slot so that laptop is having 2 GB RAM...????

2. Does RAM of 2 GB will really boost speed of laptop like desktop...????

3. Which company (like transcend; hynix; zion etc etc; I am not sure) should i purchase these two RAM 1 GB each chip...????

4. Is there any compatibility issue of RAM with acer laptop model 3212NWXMi - I mean does it have to be of any particular specification....??? OR any RAM from any company would do...??? (This is MOST MOST IMPORTANT query...plz answer in detail).???

5. Does DDR (DDR 1) and DDR 2 really vary significantly in speed...???

Any help / advice / suggestion is more than welcome....Plz reply to my above
questions...!!!!!

Best regards

Sunando Ghosh
Kolkata India

sunandoghosh at gmail dot com

Most Most IMP Question:

Is there any compatibility issue of RAM with acer laptop model 3212NWXMi - I mean does it have to be of any particular specification....??? OR any RAM from any company would do...??? (This is MOST MOST IMPORTANT query...plz answer in detail).???

I know certainly that I have asked too too many questions but then I most humbly rqeuest to plz plz come forward and give ur valuable / advice / opinion as I WILL BE BASING MY ENTIRE DECISION BASED ON REPLIED HERE....

Thanks for taking time to read this long post and possibly taking time to reply and sharing ur valuable wisdom...its truly appreciated....

I really dont know how fast is 533MHz but was just wondering whether Laptop Acer 3212 (3210 series) is also capable of having higher speed RAM (more than 533 MHZ) and are DDR 2 RAM with speeds more than 533 MHz available in market....

I am attaching two screenshots.....

1. The RAM Test shown by website http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/

http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/6...testcm3.th.jpg

2. User Manual of Acer laptop 3210 extract for RAM...

http://img445.imageshack.us/img445/2...uideuy6.th.jpg

Plz be kind to clarify once again my queries....

Thanks always

Use the Crucial Memory Advisor to see what RAM you need: http://www.crucial.com/index.asp

DDR II is faster than DDR, but there are variations, as in desktops there is PC25300/6400/8000.

It will probably only have 2 slots, so 2 x 1gb slots must go into the 2 available slots, there is no other way to do it, then you can sell the 256mb stick on Ebay and make a little bit of cash back.


Liam

As with desktops, after a point the extra RAM does not add significantly to the operating speed. To be more accurate, adding a certain amount of extra RAM removes one roadblock slowing down the computer. Once that point is reached, adding even more RAM does little to nothing except add more RAM. :) My wife's Dell laptop benefitted enormously from increasing RAM from 256MB to 768MB. I would think that, unless you have intense programs to run, 1GB should be plenty.

Do yourself a favor and pay the premium for high-quality RAM, it will pay for itself in the long run. I'm not very familiar with laptop (SODIMM) RAM
but I'm sure someone can mention a few good brands to consider. For specifications, stick to what's recommended by Crucial or Acer. For example, if DDR is recommended, don't buy DDR-2.

Igbpop, SODIMM comes in the same brands as does desktop memory. The specs are the same, DDR, DDR2, size/speed, same as desktop, it's just smaller and blockier in physical size, to fit a laptop.

That much I know, I've added RAM to both of ours. I somehow managed to be completely unobservant of the brand! :o

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