HP-540; RAM Upgrade

[Durgesh-HP540]

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

[banhien]

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.

[rguleria62]

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

[banhien]

Hi,

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

Regards.

[surajs121]

Hi,

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

Thanks,

Suraj

[Digvijay05]

give me the ans the same query.