Asus X200Ma Notebook Ram Upgrade
I Want to Upgrade Current 2Gb Ram of My X200Ma to 4 Gb. However, to Retain 2-Year Warranty (I Have Just Bought It Within Last 3 Months), I Have to Do It...
I want to upgrade current 2GB RAM of my X200MA to 4 GB. However, to retain 2-year warranty (I have just bought it within last 3 months), I have to do it through warranty department. I called them and they said I had to obtain the RAM and they would install it.
My problem is whether to buy a 2GB RAM stick or a 4GB because I don't know how many RAM slots it has. popular programs such as hwinfo32 and Speccy did not show the number of RAM slots, but Windows 8.1's Taskmanager says "1 of 2 slots used" for RAM. By the way the system is so densely packed, thus without a simple back cover for RAM unlike many laptops, so I cannot open the case myself.
Is there a reliable program to show number of RAM slots? I ask because in case of it having only one slot, I have to buy a 4GB stick to replace the current 2GB. Otherwise (two slots), I can add another 2GB, which is much cheaper than a 4GB, alongside the existent 2GB one.
RAM analysis reports are as follows in Speccy,Hwinfo32, and Windows 8.1 Task Manager, respectively:
Speccy:
RAM
Memory
Type DDR3
Size 1936 MBytes
DRAM Frequency 666.4 MHz
CAS# Latency (CL) 9 clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 7 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 7 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 15 clocks
Physical Memory
Memory Usage 75 %
Total Physical 1.89 GB
Available Physical 475 MB
Total Virtual 3.83 GB
Available Virtual 1.51 GB
SPD
Number Of SPD Modules 0
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Hwinfo32:
General information
Total Memory Size: 1935 MBytes
Current Performance Settings
Current Memory Clock: 666.7 MHz
Current Timing (tCAS-tRCD-tRP-tRAS): 9.0-9-9-24
Command Rate: 1T
Read to Read Delay (tRD_RD) Different Rank: 6T
Read to Read Delay (tRD_RD) Different DIMM: 6T
Write to Write Delay (tWR_WR) Different Rank: 6T
Write to Write Delay (tWR_WR) Different DIMM: 6T
Read to Write Delay (tRD_WR) Same Rank: 9T
Read to Write Delay (tRD_WR) Different Rank: 7T
Read to Write Delay (tRD_WR) Different DIMM: 6T
Write to Read Delay (tWR_RD) Same Rank (tWTR): 16T
Write to Read Delay (tWR_RD) Different Rank: 5T
Write to Read Delay (tWR_RD) Different DIMM: 6T
Read to Precharge Delay (tRTP): 6T
Write to Precharge Delay (tWTP): 21T
Write Recovery Time (tWR): 10T
RAS# to RAS# Delay (tRRD): 5T
Four Activate Window (tFAW): 30T
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Win 8.1 Task Manager (screen shot):
A search quickly found this:
It says there is one slot.
The RAM is onboard. I had it opened by a technician to see if it supported RAM extension. Unfortunately, there were no slots. The RAM is onboard for this notebook. That is to say, it is part of the motherboard.
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