Alright so I have a Dell Inspiron E1505, currently with 2 GB of RAM. I was wondering: a) If my laptop is able to handle 4 GB of RAM (2 x 2 GB) and if so B) What frequency can it handle?
yea it can definetly hande 4 gbs of ram. All u need is ddr2 ram, either single channel or dual will work but dual is faster.
FYI, there is no actual difference between dual channel kits and single channel kits. Dual channel just means you're running two identical sticks in the 0&2, or 1&3 slots. Regardless, performance on a C2D platform is literally negligable.
So wait, you're saying if I get upgrade to 4 gb of ram it won't be able to tell much of a difference?
No, I was referring specifically to Flash11 when he said that dual channel RAM is faster than single channel. Adding more RAM will always be better than using less RAM, but you won't see any performance difference between single channel kits or dual channel kits.
If you have XP, I'd keep it at 2 GB, Vista at 3 GB, and as mentioned; 64bit Vista can use 4 GB and more.
I would say no from the link I posted Memory With integrated IntelĀ® graphics: 512MB of shared1 DDR2 SDRAM standard, upgradable to 2GB of shared1 DDR2 Dual Channel SDRAM 2 SoDIMM sockets, both are user-accessible The only reason I would say no is because if Dell had an option to upgrade to 4GB it would probably be listed on their site. The only sure way is to contact Dell and ask them