Upgrading my 2510P to 4GB Ram

ctty · 10-03-2008, 11:11 PM

Hi all, I decided to upgrade my 2510P to 4GB of ram. As you know/or may not know, the 2510P only has 1 SODIMM slot, so a 4GB SODIMM must be used. However, it has a GM965 chipset that doesn't seem to support 4GB Modules. After doing some research, I decided to take the risk so I ordered a 4GB GSkill Module from memoryc.com for 113 Euros (Inc 10 Euros for shipping to Singapore).

My 2510P is speced as follows:
U7700 1.33GHz C2D
2GB DDR2 RAM
120GB 5400rpm 1.8" HDD (Samsung)

The Module
As I chose registered post, I only received this module this morning after placing the order on 25 Sept.

The Box of the Module

The Back of the Box

The Module itself

Having received the module, I proceeded to upgrade my 2510P....

The Bottomside of my 2510P

Removal of the cover to access the sole SODIMM Slot

The new memory module slotted in

And now....Boot up Time!

And it works!

Memory Test Cleared!

Onwards to Vista, I am using Vista Business 32bit.

The SPD Table programmed into the Gskill Module

My Current Timings

Conclusion
To Conclude, it is possible to upgrade the 2510P to 4GB ram. And now....back to enjoying my 2510P!
And btws....My apologies for the poor quality of my photos, they were taken using my HTC Diamond =)

flipfire · 10-04-2008, 12:27 AM

Great information

sfsilicon · 12-01-2008, 12:27 AM

I thought you needed to run a Win 64bit OS to address the full 4GB? What in your research made you decide to order the memory?

Can you recommend other sites where I can find more 2510p upgrades/mods? I was wondering if it was possible to upgrade my stock DVD/CDROM drive or replace it with a faster 2.5 SSD?

Vehement · 12-01-2008, 07:58 AM

Oh yeah, your baby is rock and rollin' with 4GB. The risk was worth taking after all

KonKet · 03-05-2009, 04:01 AM

Wow. That's nice.
I've just checked the website and it showed $ 219.70. WTH...

jaxwithanx · 04-15-2009, 12:28 AM

Excellent, now upgrade to 64-bit so you actually can make use of more than 75% of your $250 investment.

mujjuman · 04-15-2009, 06:00 AM

That's good information to know for 2510P users.

Now to use the full 4GB of RAM, you should eventually upgrade to a 64bit OS, but I'm sure you already knew that.

Check to see how much RAM is available for Windows to use.. I think the Performance tab in the Task Manager.

bubblyStink · 01-20-2010, 03:12 AM

hello i have a question, my computer has been pretty much maxxing out the ram since i only have 1 gb. so i was wondering if i could also upgrade it to 4gb, but my specs are differernt from the person who did this. my specs are
processor: U7600 1.20GHz C2D
Ram:1.00GB
System type: 32-bit OS windows 7 ultimant
so if i did want to get 4 gb would i need to also upgrade my processor? or could i just just get the 4GB and 64-bit since that would be much less expensive for me. or would the system not even be able to use the whole 4 GB even with the 64-bit and if so i should just get a 2BG.

nando4 · 01-23-2010, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by bubblyStink

so if i did want to get 4 gb would i need to also upgrade my processor? or could i just just get the 4GB and 64-bit since that would be much less expensive for me. or would the system not even be able to use the whole 4 GB even with the 64-bit and if so i should just get a 2BG.

4GB upgrade would need 64-bit OS to use all of it, otherwise 32-bit Win7 would only use ~3GB. U7600 CPU supports 64-bit code so no need to upgrade it, nor is it readily possible since the CPU is BGA soldered onboard.