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‎03-10-2012 11:52 PM

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I have HP 540 notebook with Windows XP, 1GB Ram. I want to know

1. Can I upgrade it with 2GB DDR2 RAM in one slot and 512MB(existing RAM) in second slot .. will it support

2. What Graphic Card I can upgrade to play Games.?

 

Regards, Durgesh

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‎03-11-2012 01:44 AM

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Hi,

 

1. The existing RAM could be in slot 0, you need to move it out to slot 1 and use slot 0 for 2Gb. RAM is very cheap now, why not istall 4Gb. Your may run 32 bit OS but to utilize dual channels, use 2 x 2Gb is the way to go:

 

   http://www.crucial.com/upgrade/HP+-+Compaq-memory/HP+Business+Notebooks/HP+540+%28Intel+GME965%29-up...

 

2. No, you have to live with the existing video card, you can not upgrade it. If you wish to play games, please try one of these:

 

    http://computers.toptenreviews.com/gaming-laptops/

 

Regards.

BH
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‎08-31-2013 01:55 PM

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Hi

 

I have HP 540  with two slots for RAM. One came pre filled with 1 GB RAM. Now thinking of upgrading it by using 

2 GB in the other slot. Just wanted to confirm if different configurations can be used simultaneously ( like 1 gb with 2 gb)

or it needs to be same.

 

Thanks

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‎08-31-2013 03:01 PM

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Hi,

 

It's ok to install 3Gb of RAM on your machine. HP sells many machines with 3GB too.

 

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BH
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‎08-05-2014 11:36 PM

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Hi,

 

Can we upgrade our RAM with 2Gb in one slot and 4GB in the other...?

 

Thanks,

Suraj

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‎04-10-2015 02:29 AM

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give me the ans the same query.

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