Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade
On 25/01/2009 23:20, Kris Douglas wrote: My XPS M1530 runs with a fast 3gb set from aria, works fine... and my desktop runs on aria ram too :) Ahh that's good to know. I've always been doubious about buying cheap memory since I worked at eBuyer and the other guys there told me when I started that in no uncertain terms that their value memory was not very good. Not sure if it's changed since. The Aria memory though has been fine in anything I've put it in. Kind of makes me wonder why I spent nearly £70 on 4GB of OCZ memory when I upgraded my desktop last year. :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade
I have bought RAM from ebuyer before, and it very soon failed and had to be replaced. I have since gone elsewhere for RAM and not had any problems. David Rob Beard wrote: Ahh that's good to know. I've always been doubious about buying cheap memory since I worked at eBuyer and the other guys there told me when I started that in no uncertain terms that their value memory was not very good. Not sure if it's changed since. The Aria memory though has been fine in anything I've put it in. Kind of makes me wonder why I spent nearly £70 on 4GB of OCZ memory when I upgraded my desktop last year. :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade
Hi all. I am preparing to upgrade my laptop's memory as 512MB is really not enough. I'd just like to know whether something like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-ValueRAM-533MHz-Non-ECC-SODIMM/dp/tech-data/B0006VX0CI/ref=de_a_smtd is suitable for my Dell Inspiron 1300 running Intrepid. Also, what would happen once the memory is in? Could I just boot up and have the memory recognised, or would I have to fiddle around with config files and so on? Thanks in advance. -- Josh Holland aka madmartian Find me on #ubuntu-uk My system: Dell Inspiron 1300 with fully up-to-date Intrepid Intel Pentium M 1.70 GHz, 512 MB (soon to be more!) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade
2009/1/25 Josh Holland jshholl...@googlemail.com: is suitable for my Dell Inspiron 1300 running Intrepid. I usually use the crucial memory advisor to find out what would or would not work. http://crucial.com/uk Also, what would happen once the memory is in? Could I just boot up and have the memory recognised, or would I have to fiddle around with config files and so on? On first boot the BIOS might complain that the amount of memory has changed but just going into the bios and back out should sort that. Linux will find the extra memory too, no problem. The only issue is that if you're thinking of hibernating the laptop then you might need to increase the amount of swap space you have configured. Cheers, Al. Thanks in advance. -- Josh Holland aka madmartian Find me on #ubuntu-uk My system: Dell Inspiron 1300 with fully up-to-date Intrepid Intel Pentium M 1.70 GHz, 512 MB (soon to be more!) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade
On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 14:13 +, Alan Pope wrote: I usually use the crucial memory advisor to find out what would or would not work. http://crucial.com/uk snip Thanks for your advice. I probably wouldn't have thought of increasing swap. Unfortunately, crucial seem to be having some technical difficulties at the moment, so I'll have to wait. -- Josh Holland aka madmartian Find me on #ubuntu-uk @ freenode.net My system: Dell Inspiron 1300 with fully up-to-date Intrepid Intel Pentium M 1.70 GHz, 512 MB -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade
2009/1/25 Alan Pope a...@popey.com: 2009/1/25 Josh Holland jshholl...@googlemail.com: is suitable for my Dell Inspiron 1300 running Intrepid. I usually use the crucial memory advisor to find out what would or would not work. http://crucial.com/uk Also, what would happen once the memory is in? Could I just boot up and have the memory recognised, or would I have to fiddle around with config files and so on? On first boot the BIOS might complain that the amount of memory has changed but just going into the bios and back out should sort that. Linux will find the extra memory too, no problem. The only issue is that if you're thinking of hibernating the laptop then you might need to increase the amount of swap space you have configured. Cheers, Al. Thanks in advance. -- Josh Holland aka madmartian Find me on #ubuntu-uk My system: Dell Inspiron 1300 with fully up-to-date Intrepid Intel Pentium M 1.70 GHz, 512 MB (soon to be more!) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ If the memory on Amazon will work, then this is cheaper: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/Laptop/Arianet+1GB+PC2-6400+SO-DIMM+?productId=33884 -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.co.uk Mail: k...@softdel.co.uk Company No. 6135915 Registered in England and Wales -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Josh Holland jshholl...@googlemail.comwrote: Hi all. I am preparing to upgrade my laptop's memory as 512MB is really not enough. I'd just like to know whether something like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-ValueRAM-533MHz-Non-ECC-SODIMM/dp/tech-data/B0006VX0CI/ref=de_a_smtd is suitable for my Dell Inspiron 1300 running Intrepid. Also, what would happen once the memory is in? Could I just boot up and have the memory recognised, or would I have to fiddle around with config files and so on? Thanks in advance. -- Josh Holland aka madmartian Find me on #ubuntu-uk My system: Dell Inspiron 1300 with fully up-to-date Intrepid Intel Pentium M 1.70 GHz, 512 MB (soon to be more!) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ IIRC the maximum you can use is 2gb on the 1300, which is plenty for Ubuntu, and available for less than £20. The 533Mhz listed on amazon will work, but you might as well go for -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade
IIRC the maximum you can use is 2gb on the 1300, which is plenty for Ubuntu, and available for less than £20. The 533Mhz listed on amazon will work, but you might as well go for Cheap 2GB stick: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/Laptop/Arianet+2GB+PC2-5300+SO-DIMM?productId=34393 -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.co.uk Mail: k...@softdel.co.uk Company No. 6135915 Registered in England and Wales -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Matt Jones m...@mattjones.me.uk wrote: On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Josh Holland jshholl...@googlemail.comwrote: Hi all. I am preparing to upgrade my laptop's memory as 512MB is really not enough. I'd just like to know whether something like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-ValueRAM-533MHz-Non-ECC-SODIMM/dp/tech-data/B0006VX0CI/ref=de_a_smtd is suitable for my Dell Inspiron 1300 running Intrepid. Also, what would happen once the memory is in? Could I just boot up and have the memory recognised, or would I have to fiddle around with config files and so on? Thanks in advance. -- Josh Holland aka madmartian Find me on #ubuntu-uk My system: Dell Inspiron 1300 with fully up-to-date Intrepid Intel Pentium M 1.70 GHz, 512 MB (soon to be more!) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ IIRC the maximum you can use is 2gb on the 1300, which is plenty for Ubuntu, and available for less than £20. The 533Mhz listed on amazon will work, but you might as well go for Oops, pressed send instead of moving to the other tab! The 667Mhz memory will work and be marginally faster for pretty much the same price. You can get a 2gb kit from crucial delivered for aropund £20. here is the link to the page on crucial. You won't find much cheaper. http://crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.aspx?model=Inspiron%201300 Matt. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Kris Douglas webbox...@gmail.com wrote: IIRC the maximum you can use is 2gb on the 1300, which is plenty for Ubuntu, and available for less than £20. The 533Mhz listed on amazon will work, but you might as well go for Cheap 2GB stick: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/Laptop/Arianet+2GB+PC2-5300+SO-DIMM?productId=34393 -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.co.uk Mail: k...@softdel.co.uk Company No. 6135915 Registered in England and Wales -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ It supports max of 2gb, 1gb per slot. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade
On 25/01/2009 15:00, Kris Douglas wrote: Cheap 2GB stick: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/Laptop/Arianet+2GB+PC2-5300+SO-DIMM?productId=34393 I'd recommend the Aria memory. I have two sticks of it in my Acer Aspire 2920, was well worth the purchase, cost me about £25 ish. Other than that you can't go wrong with Crucial memory. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade
2009/1/25 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk: On 25/01/2009 15:00, Kris Douglas wrote: Cheap 2GB stick: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/Laptop/Arianet+2GB+PC2-5300+SO-DIMM?productId=34393 I'd recommend the Aria memory. I have two sticks of it in my Acer Aspire 2920, was well worth the purchase, cost me about £25 ish. Other than that you can't go wrong with Crucial memory. Just to be clear, i wasnt advocating buying from Crucial (although I have in the past, and had no problems other than them not being the cheapest), but just suggest using their memory advisor as it seems to be quite a comprehensive database of computer motherboards and their respective memory requirements. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade
On 25/01/2009 17:53, Alan Pope wrote: 2009/1/25 Rob Beardr...@esdelle.co.uk: On 25/01/2009 15:00, Kris Douglas wrote: Cheap 2GB stick: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/Laptop/Arianet+2GB+PC2-5300+SO-DIMM?productId=34393 I'd recommend the Aria memory. I have two sticks of it in my Acer Aspire 2920, was well worth the purchase, cost me about £25 ish. Other than that you can't go wrong with Crucial memory. Just to be clear, i wasnt advocating buying from Crucial (although I have in the past, and had no problems other than them not being the cheapest), but just suggest using their memory advisor as it seems to be quite a comprehensive database of computer motherboards and their respective memory requirements. Cheers, Al. I'd agree about their motherboard advisor. I've yet to find an advisor that is as good as Crucials. If I'm after something specific for a customer I generally pay the little bit extra and get Crucial memory, especially considering they usually do free 2 to 3 day delivery. I just went for the Aria memory as it was cheap and for my own laptop. I have used other generic Aria memory in a couple of motherboards and it seems to work okay although I'm not sure how well it would work in maybe a Dell PC or something like that which may be a little bit more fussy. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade
2009/1/25 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk: On 25/01/2009 17:53, Alan Pope wrote: 2009/1/25 Rob Beardr...@esdelle.co.uk: On 25/01/2009 15:00, Kris Douglas wrote: Cheap 2GB stick: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/Laptop/Arianet+2GB+PC2-5300+SO-DIMM?productId=34393 I'd recommend the Aria memory. I have two sticks of it in my Acer Aspire 2920, was well worth the purchase, cost me about £25 ish. Other than that you can't go wrong with Crucial memory. Just to be clear, i wasnt advocating buying from Crucial (although I have in the past, and had no problems other than them not being the cheapest), but just suggest using their memory advisor as it seems to be quite a comprehensive database of computer motherboards and their respective memory requirements. Cheers, Al. I'd agree about their motherboard advisor. I've yet to find an advisor that is as good as Crucials. If I'm after something specific for a customer I generally pay the little bit extra and get Crucial memory, especially considering they usually do free 2 to 3 day delivery. I just went for the Aria memory as it was cheap and for my own laptop. I have used other generic Aria memory in a couple of motherboards and it seems to work okay although I'm not sure how well it would work in maybe a Dell PC or something like that which may be a little bit more fussy. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ My XPS M1530 runs with a fast 3gb set from aria, works fine... and my desktop runs on aria ram too :) -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.co.uk Mail: k...@softdel.co.uk Company No. 6135915 Registered in England and Wales -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Kris Douglas webbox...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/1/25 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk: On 25/01/2009 17:53, Alan Pope wrote: 2009/1/25 Rob Beardr...@esdelle.co.uk: On 25/01/2009 15:00, Kris Douglas wrote: Cheap 2GB stick: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/Laptop/Arianet+2GB+PC2-5300+SO-DIMM?productId=34393 I'd recommend the Aria memory. I have two sticks of it in my Acer Aspire 2920, was well worth the purchase, cost me about £25 ish. Other than that you can't go wrong with Crucial memory. Just to be clear, i wasnt advocating buying from Crucial (although I have in the past, and had no problems other than them not being the cheapest), but just suggest using their memory advisor as it seems to be quite a comprehensive database of computer motherboards and their respective memory requirements. Cheers, Al. I'd agree about their motherboard advisor. I've yet to find an advisor that is as good as Crucials. If I'm after something specific for a customer I generally pay the little bit extra and get Crucial memory, especially considering they usually do free 2 to 3 day delivery. I just went for the Aria memory as it was cheap and for my own laptop. I have used other generic Aria memory in a couple of motherboards and it seems to work okay although I'm not sure how well it would work in maybe a Dell PC or something like that which may be a little bit more fussy. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ My XPS M1530 runs with a fast 3gb set from aria, works fine... and my desktop runs on aria ram too :) -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.co.uk Mail: k...@softdel.co.uk Company No. 6135915 Registered in England and Wales -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ The recommended memory from crucial works cheaper when aria delivery is taken into account for. Aria would work out cheaper if the 1300 could use a single 2GB stick, but it needs the 2*1GB version. Crucial seem to be pretty competitive for laptop ram at the moment, the only place I could find cheaper sticks for my vostro was on ebay from the US. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
