RAM swap

[AeonSoul]

Since when I'm bored at work I start wondering about stuff, and usually bad ideas pop in my mind, I was thinking that sometime in the future I might want to swap this stock 8gb RAM I got with something more beefy.
What worries me is that 2 slots are underneath the keyboard and I have absolutely no idea how to reach them.
Has anyone done this and know how to reach those 2 slots?

 

[MattyB]

Yeah that has always put me off upgrading my M17 RAM too. Why the hell would they make 2 slots so easy to get to and the other 2 so freaking difficult?! Makes no sense to me but I'm sure they had a good reason................

There are YouTube videos of it. Go for it! Make a video and post it for us!

 

[DDuB420]

[video=youtube;rEC1U1WqG5Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEC1U1WqG5Y[/video]​

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEC1U1WqG5Y
I used this video to swap out my RAM under the keyboard. I upgraded to 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz Sticks. When you get to the step where you take off the keyboard. I did it by removing the left side ribbon first only lifting the keyboard a few inches up. Then instead of just removing the other ribbon (the bigger one in the central area under the keyboard) I removed the 2 screws from the adapter piece that the ribbon connects 2 and it gave me enough room to remove the heat shield/RAM cover. I found it easier this way, but to each his own.
Other tips:
When taking off the plastic piece around the keyboard, Stick your fingers under it where F1 is, slightly lift up, work your way around the keyboard (go easy, get a feel for the amount of pressure you need to unsnap it)

Hope this helps.

 

[DDuB420]

Heres an image of what it looks like under the keyboard.

 

[MattyB]

Cheers. I will check back on this when I end up getting some new RAM.

 

[MattyB]

Going to need this vid next week. Just ordered 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz for my M17x! Thought briefly about getting 4x8GB but there's really no way in hell I will ever need 32Gb's of RAM.

 

[DDuB420]

Going to need this vid next week. Just ordered 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz for my M17x! Thought briefly about getting 4x8GB but there's really no way in hell I will ever need 32Gb's of RAM.

Glad I could help, good choice of RAM
Anything over 16GB is overkill.

 

[yikes81]

I'm not even sure if you will use the 8gb of ram. I ran 3 VMs and a ton of stuff at the same time and only came upto 6gb.


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[DDuB420]

Creating a RAMdisk could fill that free space up pretty quick. There are programs that create a RAMDisk image and loads it into the memory on boot.

 

[MattyB]

I know I will most likely never need it. Thinking things through properly has never really been one of my strong points. Don't know what a RAMdisk is but I'll have a look.

 

[AeonSoul]

Let me know how it goes Matty!

 

[MattyB]

Will do. I don't get home till thrusday so I'll probably get stuck into it first thing Friday.

 

[MattyB]

All swapped and up and running. Piece of cake!

 

[DDuB420]

Looking good.

 

[AeonSoul]

Was it difficult to swap the ones under the keyboard?

 

[MattyB]

Was it difficult to swap the ones under the keyboard?

It was really easy. I was thinking it would be a lot worse but I was dead wrong. It was probably a 10 minute job all up.

 

[AeonSoul]

It was really easy. I was thinking it would be a lot worse but I was dead wrong. It was probably a 10 minute job all up.

Oh ok. I'm assuming you followed that video posted over here.

 

[MattyB]

I forgot about the one posted here so I just googled it. It ended up being the same video anyway

All's well that ends well

 

[yikes81]

cool .. noticable difference?

 

[MattyB]

Haven't given it a testing yet. I'm sure I won't really notice any major difference. I didn't do any benchmarks before the swap either. It just makes me feel better that I did it. It's like when you wash your car. I always feel it goes a bit faster afterwards!