How easy to upgrade RAM in a laptop?

[marketsons1985]

My friend was having issues with skipping on her laptop, so i checked it out, and it appears she's only got 192 megs of ram, for her 1.8 processor, so I was going to offer to help her upgrade the ram, atleast to 256, or higher if possible.

How easy is it to do this? and is there a site somewhere that can walk me through it? I can't believe they sell laptops with such low ram in this day and age.....

 

[Scatterpack]

Peice of cake for a new lappy, read the manual or post the spec's of the machine.

 

[IgoByte]

What kind of laptop is it? As Scatterpack already mentioned, it ought to be a piece of cake.

BTW, if she's running WinXP, up it to 512MB if possible. RAM is still fairly inexpensive and a wise investment.

 

[GremlinLFE]

Indeed...

 

[fr]

Usually there is an access door on the bottom you can open to access the memory slots. It's pretty easily install memory on most notebooks. It's like doing it on a desktop PC. You can probably look up the specific instructions on the manufacturer's web site. I know Dell has detailed instructions with drawings.

 

[vegetation]

Not an issue with any laptop made within the last few years, it's even easier to do than installing to a desktop. It was with older laptops that installing more memory meant a total dismantle.