I have an HP a1620y Pavilion computer that I want to buy more RAM for. There is currently 1 gig of DDR2-533Mhz SDRAM DIMM. One website said that HP uses RAM that is specific to their computer and you can't use other brands. If it is the same specification I don't know why it won't work. Can I use any RAM if it has these same specs?
2007-01-11 09:00:00 · 6 answers · asked by Jeremy C 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Yes, if it has the same specs, the maker should not matter. Do some research on the motherboard to verify what type of Ram it will support.
If you plan on adding more RAM and using the old stuff too, don't bother with anything faster than 533MHz. If you do buy faster RAM than the original stuff (533Mhz) it will just clock itself down to match the slower RAM (you wasted your money on faster ram).
Just make sure you buy DDR2 (not DDR) ram and you should be fine. Try to match the speed, if you buy something less than 533MHz, the old RAM will clock itself down to the speed of the lower RAM.
2007-01-11 09:20:56 · answer #1 · answered by Steve 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any RAM can be used as long as it is the same specs that the motherboard requires. www.crucial.com is a good website to find the RAM. They have software that will scan your system and find out what RAM you need. I looked but could only find Pavilion a1620e. Here is a link to that memory: http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Pavilion+a1620e
Another website with inexpensive RAM is www.tigerdirect.com
2007-01-11 09:11:10 · answer #2 · answered by jacquesfido 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i imagine you pick to envision your computer first for the undesirable software that you install. Then uninstall the undesirable softwares out of your computer and then do a disk defragment. The yet another project is the Ram. in case you are able to improve the Ram to minimum a million GB i imagine some issues will remedy. examine the initiate information and examine each of the appliance automated replace options. keep all of them off. try it and reply
2016-12-29 03:58:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
HP offers free help for even out of warranty computers (email for free). Go to www.HP.com and clk on the tech help link and ask your question. They require model and serial no. and will get back to you very quick. The same help tech will stick with you until the question / problem is solved. Give it a shot - it's free and easy and you'll get the right answer.
2007-01-11 09:06:23 · answer #4 · answered by pappy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the memory4all website - I've used them and had great results. I don't work there, or own stock there, or anything, I am just a happy customer.
2007-01-11 09:05:55 · answer #5 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what "specs" you're looking at. I always refer people to http://crucial.com. They have an online tool to help sort this stuff out.
2007-01-11 09:04:22 · answer #6 · answered by Dave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋