ENB is right there :thumbs:

It depends on how much memory the graphics card has and also if memory serves how big the virtual memory is. Because a 32bit OS can only address 4GB, if the graphics card has 512MB then Windows will "see" 3.5GB of the system RAM that is installed.

No 3.5Gb is not a hard limit of 32bit. It depends on your configuration and O/S. We have several PCs and servers using 32bit with 4Gb RAM, they amount of RAM they can use is different on each and varies between 3.6Gb and 3.8Gb.

So for the cost of 3Gb (which would only use 1 pair in dual channel and one singular) against 4Gb (2 pairs utilising dual channel) you may as well get 4Gb, as it'd cost no more than £40.

[Edited on 24-08-2009 by ENB]

If its 32bit then you can put 4GB physically in and it will run fine. But it will only be able to address up to 3.5GB of it.

Could I run 4GB with Vista Basic?

If your running normal 32 bit windows you can only address 3.5GB of RAM so no point getting 4GB.

When you run the Crucial scanner, it should tell you what the maximum is. Or will usually tell you in the specs at the back of the manual.

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Originally posted by *JonnyG*
Make sure your laptop can support over 2 GB of ram.

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Make sure your laptop can support over 2 GB of ram.

Go to www.crucial.com and run their scanner, it will tell you what type of RAM you have.

As for the hard drive, it will be a 2.5" one, all you need to know is what bus it uses, my money is on SATA. Download Everest Home Edition from www.majorgeeks.com and it will tell you in there.

I want to upgrade both the RAM and hard drive on my laptop, but want to make sure i get the right ones.

Its a Toshiba P200 1IR (17" screen)

It has 120GB hard drive and 2GB of RAM at present.

Whats the options available?

Cheers all:thumbs: