Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

2009-01-26 Thread Dave Morley
On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 13:07 +, David King wrote: > I have bought RAM from ebuyer before, and it very soon failed and had to > be replaced. > > I have since gone elsewhere for RAM and not had any problems. I've had memory from here http://www.lowpricememory.co.uk/ and had no issue. Plus if y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

2009-01-26 Thread David King
I have bought RAM from ebuyer before, and it very soon failed and had to be replaced. I have since gone elsewhere for RAM and not had any problems. David Rob Beard wrote: > Ahh that's good to know. I've always been doubious about buying cheap > memory since I worked at eBuyer and the other gu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

2009-01-26 Thread Rob Beard
On 25/01/2009 23:20, Kris Douglas wrote: > > My XPS M1530 runs with a fast 3gb set from aria, works fine... and my > desktop runs on aria ram too :) > > Ahh that's good to know. I've always been doubious about buying cheap memory since I worked at eBuyer and the other guys there told me when

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

2009-01-25 Thread Matt Jones
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Kris Douglas wrote: > 2009/1/25 Rob Beard : > > On 25/01/2009 17:53, Alan Pope wrote: > >> 2009/1/25 Rob Beard: > >> > >>> On 25/01/2009 15:00, Kris Douglas wrote: > >>> > Cheap 2GB stick: > > http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/Laptop/Aria

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

2009-01-25 Thread Kris Douglas
2009/1/25 Rob Beard : > On 25/01/2009 17:53, Alan Pope wrote: >> 2009/1/25 Rob Beard: >> >>> On 25/01/2009 15:00, Kris Douglas wrote: >>> Cheap 2GB stick: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/Laptop/Arianet+2GB+PC2-5300+SO-DIMM?productId=34393 >>> I'd recommend the A

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

2009-01-25 Thread Rob Beard
On 25/01/2009 17:53, Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/1/25 Rob Beard: > >> On 25/01/2009 15:00, Kris Douglas wrote: >> >>> Cheap 2GB stick: >>> http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/Laptop/Arianet+2GB+PC2-5300+SO-DIMM?productId=34393 >>> >>> >> I'd recommend the Aria memory. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

2009-01-25 Thread Alan Pope
2009/1/25 Rob Beard : > On 25/01/2009 15:00, Kris Douglas wrote: >> Cheap 2GB stick: >> http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/Laptop/Arianet+2GB+PC2-5300+SO-DIMM?productId=34393 >> > I'd recommend the Aria memory. I have two sticks of it in my Acer > Aspire 2920, was well worth the purc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

2009-01-25 Thread Rob Beard
On 25/01/2009 15:00, Kris Douglas wrote: > Cheap 2GB stick: > http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/Laptop/Arianet+2GB+PC2-5300+SO-DIMM?productId=34393 > I'd recommend the Aria memory. I have two sticks of it in my Acer Aspire 2920, was well worth the purchase, cost me about £25 is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

2009-01-25 Thread Matt Jones
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Kris Douglas wrote: > > IIRC the maximum you can use is 2gb on the 1300, which is plenty for > Ubuntu, and available for less than £20. The 533Mhz listed on amazon will > work, but > you might as well go for > > Cheap 2GB stick: > > http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

2009-01-25 Thread Matt Jones
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Matt Jones wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Josh Holland > wrote: > >> Hi all. >> I am preparing to upgrade my laptop's memory as 512MB is really not >> enough. I'd just like to know whether something like this >> >> >> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingst

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

2009-01-25 Thread Kris Douglas
> IIRC the maximum you can use is 2gb on the 1300, which is plenty for Ubuntu, > and available for less than £20. The 533Mhz listed on amazon will work, but > > you might as well go for Cheap 2GB stick: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/Laptop/Arianet+2GB+PC2-5300+SO-DIMM?productI

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

2009-01-25 Thread Matt Jones
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Josh Holland wrote: > Hi all. > I am preparing to upgrade my laptop's memory as 512MB is really not > enough. I'd just like to know whether something like this > > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-ValueRAM-533MHz-Non-ECC-SODIMM/dp/tech-data/B0006VX0CI/ref=de_a_sm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

2009-01-25 Thread Kris Douglas
2009/1/25 Alan Pope : > 2009/1/25 Josh Holland : >> is suitable for my Dell Inspiron 1300 running Intrepid. >> > > I usually use the crucial memory advisor to find out what would or > would not work. > > http://crucial.com/uk > >> Also, what would happen once the memory is in? Could I just boot up

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

2009-01-25 Thread Josh Holland
On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 14:13 +, Alan Pope wrote: > I usually use the crucial memory advisor to find out what would or > would not work. > > http://crucial.com/uk > Thanks for your advice. I probably wouldn't have thought of increasing swap. Unfortunately, crucial seem to be having some tech

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

2009-01-25 Thread Alan Pope
2009/1/25 Josh Holland : > is suitable for my Dell Inspiron 1300 running Intrepid. > I usually use the crucial memory advisor to find out what would or would not work. http://crucial.com/uk > Also, what would happen once the memory is in? Could I just boot up and > have the memory recognised, or

[ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

2009-01-25 Thread Josh Holland
Hi all. I am preparing to upgrade my laptop's memory as 512MB is really not enough. I'd just like to know whether something like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-ValueRAM-533MHz-Non-ECC-SODIMM/dp/tech-data/B0006VX0CI/ref=de_a_smtd is suitable for my Dell Inspiron 1300 running Intrepid. Also