Laptop memory

[TrueBlueAngel]

DH bought me an Acer Aspire 3690 laptop recently, but bless him, thought it was a bargain. Nice though it is, it seriously lacks memory (512mb :(). I want to add more memory and have had a look on ebay and various online shops, but havent a clue what I'm looking for. Can someone help and are they easy to fit?
Thanks.

[eli]

Try here - http://www.crucial.com/uk/ - they have a memory advisor tool so you can make sure you get the right memory.

Usually very easy to fit, most laptops have a removable cover underneath and then it's simply a matter of slotting the new memory in.

Brian

[TrueBlueAngel]

Thanks Brian, that was very helpful. Now I know what to buy ( I think) ;)

[essexmick]

i get my memory from there, good thing too is it tells you how many spare slots you have, and what type/speed of mem

[erniebert1]

To keep the cost down as manufacturers own memory is normally very expensive, have a look at kingston memory on google. There the worlds biggest memory supplier and supply compatiable memory for all the big manufacturers pc's & laptops, they come with a lifetime warranty and are normally 30/50% cheaper than buying the manufacturers memory :-) All you do is type in model & make of your laptop and it will find the part for you straight away

[TrueBlueAngel]

I've since doubled my memory, I've rerun Crucial.com and it tells me I only have 768mb memory but the properties in my computer says 1048mb :confused2
Any ideas why this is?

[dreadnort]

sounds like you have shared graphics memory this takes system memory and uses it for video memory looking at it you are using 256meg of system mem for graphics.