This is probably the easiest thing you can do yourself on your computer. The good thing is that no matter if its a laptop or desktop, the RAM is in a easy to access spot.
First, find out the maximum amount of RAM your computer can handle, and then purchase the RAM.
Depending on your computer model, the steps will vary but there are some video tutorials that show step by step how you do it.
If your laptop has available RAM slots then you can add it. Also you have to check how much of RAM your laptop can support. It's not more then 2 Gb. You can replace the RAM which you have now by RAM with more capacity. PS Some laptops do not allow to change or upgrade RAM (mostly old models and ASUS Eeee).
The RAM that is used for a laptop is not the same as the RAM that you would use in a desktop PC. The RAM that is used for a PC is much too big to be used in a laptop, so a laptop has to use a much smaller RAM card which is called SD-RAM.
The laptop in question comes with 4GB of RAM.
No
This laptop includes a 2GB ram, and can be upgraded up to a maximum of 8GB.
The HP 8530p laptop comes with 2GB of RAM installed.
Yes, you can add two higher-size RAM cards to the laptop.
512 MB = 0.5 GBHence after adding 1 GB RAM your laptop memory will be 1.5 GB.
Download the system scanner at crucial.com. This will not only tell you what type of RAM your laptop can use, but also whether your laptop can take any more RAM.
Ram never holds anything in it after the laptop is shut down..so don't worry. As per the RAM compatibility...If that laptop's Ram type is DDR2 and your one's is DDR3 then it wont..but if they are same...They will.
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G Skill, A-Data and PNY all sell dual channel 400 DDR RAM, which is the fastest laptop RAM available.