TravelMate 3212NWXMi (3210 series) - Urgent RAM Upgradation...!!!

TravelMate 3212NWXMi (3210 series) - Urgent RAM Upgradation...!!!

Respected nerds, techs, geeks and dear fellow members,

After months and years of waiting and speculation; I (poor soul who managed to purchase laptop first time in life) purchased one laptop few months back - TravelMate 3212NWXMi -

Presently by default the laptop came with -

1. 60 GB Hard Disk
2. 256 MB DDR II

Now I am finding that both of the above is posing as a terrible constraint in my use of laptop.

The laptop is terribly slowly and I find it very diffcult to use in reading word documents; PDFs etc...

I want to upgrade RAM as Maximum as possible...

From my preliminary analysis; what appears to me is that there may be two slots and maximum each slot can take 1 GB each...(I may be wrong)...

Few Questions in context of RAM Upgradation:

1. Is it wise to go for 1 GB each slot so that laptop is having 2 GB RAM...????

2. Does RAM of 2 GB will really boost speed of laptop like desktop...????

3. Which company (like transcend; hynix; zion etc etc; I am not sure) should i purchase these two RAM 1 GB each chip...????

4. Is there any compatibility issue of RAM with acer laptop model 3212NWXMi - I mean does it have to be of any particular specification....??? OR any RAM from any company would do...??? (This is MOST MOST IMPORTANT query...plz answer in detail).???

5. Does DDR (DDR 1) and DDR 2 really vary significantly in speed...???

Any help / advice / suggestion is more than welcome....Plz reply to my above questions...!!!!!

Best regards

Sunando Ghosh
Kolkata India

sunandoghosh at gmail dot com

Most Most IMP Question:

Is there any compatibility issue of RAM with acer laptop model 3212NWXMi - I mean does it have to be of any particular specification....??? OR any RAM from any company would do...??? (This is MOST MOST IMPORTANT query...plz answer in detail).???

I know certainly that I have asked too too many questions but then I most humbly rqeuest to plz plz come forward and give ur valuable / advice / opinion as I WILL BE BASING MY ENTIRE DECISION BASED ON REPLIED HERE....

Thanks for taking time to read this long post and possibly taking time to reply and sharing ur valuable wisdom...its truly appreciated....

I really dont know how fast is 533MHz but was just wondering whether Laptop Acer 3212 (3210 series) is also capable of having higher speed RAM (more than 533 MHZ) and are DDR 2 RAM with speeds more than 533 MHz available in market....

I am attaching two screenshots.....

1. The RAM Test shown by website Memory upgrades from Crucial.com - Determine My Memory Needs



2. User Manual of Acer laptop 3210 extract for RAM...



Plz be kind to clarify once again my queries....

Thanks always

 

Kingston generally produces great stuff that's reasonably priced. Another safe bet would be Crucial. Depending on what you do, I would think that 1GB is probably going to hold you for now. Unless you run a ton of stuff at once or do video editing, 1GB is more than enough. You're likely to see diminishing returns after 1GB. RAM ratings are like tire speed ratings in that they indicate the maximum speed (DDR 2 533=PC2-4200). You can put faster speed RAM in there, but unless you're overclocking, you won't see a benefit. Given that this is a laptop, overclocking is not recommended because of the extra heat it will produce.

With heat and power being a concern, laptop hard drives typically spin at a very slower 4200RPM, but are starting to see 5400RPM and occaionally 7200RPM. This is a major killer for laptops.

Still, a RAM boost will do some wonders for you given you've got a paltry 256MB.