If there's no free 512MB memory upgrade...

[barton boi]

I figured if Dell is not offering a free upgrade, go with the 1 DIMM 256MB, go to Newegg and buy a 512MB for less than $100, and you have 768MB for the price of 512MB :).

Edit: Or if you're cheap save $50 and get a 256MB stick.

Will this void the warranty?

[Terry]

When you are going to send the laptop for fixing, just take out the extra RAM.

They won't know ;)

[ATilaptops]

Yeah, mind as well. I wonder if you could also upgrade your own graphics card? No? crud:( Oh, well at least you cna save on RAM and possibly your HDD:)

[barton boi]

You can only use Dell's VC AFAIK.

I wish they had 2 spare bays so we could have 2 HDs and 1 DVDRW, or 1 HD, a battery, and a DVDRW. :mad:

[melee]

Originally posted by barton boi
You can only use Dell's VC AFAIK.

I wish they had 2 spare bays so we could have 2 HDs and 1 DVDRW, or 1 HD, a battery, and a DVDRW. :mad:

The battery isn't in a modular bay unless you get a spare. Same with the HD, I had two (a little 6gb backup) with a HD Caddy in my modular bay. Right now my 8100 has a DVD, HD, battery, and CDRW...

I dunno about the new models, but I think they are similiar.

[ATilaptops]

Yeah:( There ARE laptops like that but mostly ones with desktop P4's:( I've configured such a one (for fun) which had 4 HDD's:eek: but now optical drive:( But you could make it have 3 HDD's and a DVD burner:eek: And others with 2 batteries and an optical drive but they aren't as nic elooking or as think or as low priced or have the best cpu's or battery life or...you get the picture.

[barton boi]

Unfortunately there's only 1 spare bay in the 8600's. So you can have 1 HD, 1 DVDRW, and that's it. Obviously the primary battery but no spare one. If you wanted another HD you'd have to get external, or take out the DVDRW. :(

[ATilaptops]

Yeah, I know that sux, so why buy a spare battery? I guess so you can swap it when the othe rone dies? better than nothing. Those desktop replacemnt one shave a lot of bays cause they need 2 batteries to have over 30min. of battery oife;)

[barton boi]

Yea I'd just buy a second one if I wanted and put it in when the primary one ran out. It's also got more power than the one in the bay I believe? Correct me if I'm wrong.

[coolqf]

You can actually tell the computer to go into sleep mode and switch the batteries that way (no need to shut the computer off completely) Once I had it accidentally in sleep mode and had removed the battery. I replaced it soon after (30seconds or so) and it still loaded from sleep mode.

[ATilaptops]

So that's how that works, I wasn't sure, I thought you just swapped 'em real fast;)

[barton boi]

Originally posted by Terry
When you are going to send the laptop for fixing, just take out the extra RAM.

They won't know ;)

If I installed the RAM and wanted to return it before the 30 days are up and they somehow found out, would they refuse the refund?

Edit: Say I delivered a static discharge to the memory slot :o

[ATilaptops]

Well, then you're probably screwed, but then again how will they know that you're the reaosn the DIMM isn't working? It could have been shipped that way;)

[Daywalker]

I got a second battery for a free upgrade - can't use it and the optical drive at the same time. Nobody's perfect.

[ATilaptops]

That's different, you can swap batteryies for longer battery life;)

[barton boi]

melee, how long has your battery lasted for and have you noticed a decline in the life? I read somewhere they lose 10% life every week. :eek: