Installing or Upgrading RAM in the ASUS EEE PC
The 700s(this includes 700 and 701) come with just 512MB of RAM. You may wish to upgrade the RAM in near future especially if you are using XP on it.
Let me clear facts about the RAMs before we install a new RAM module in ASUS EEE PC 700:
- The RAM in 8G vesion is not upgradable
- 2G-Surf versions are not upgradable as the RAM is soldered
- Black 4G-surf versions have RAM access cover. White ones don’t have it
- Warranty won’t get void if you do a RAM upgrade
- ASUS won’t be responsible if anything goes wrong when you’re doing a RAM upgrade
- In Xandros(with which it actually comes with) is hard-coded to recognize upto 1GB of RAM
- So even if you put in a 2G RAM module, only 1GB will be visible in Xandros
Here are the pictures:
1) Carefully remove the “ASUS” sticker from the RAM access door*. Put it somewhere else so that you can put it again later on incase you want to send it back to Asus in case of some problem.
2) Remove the screws. Take extra care of the ‘holders’ of the RAM chip.
3) Gently, remove the RAM
4) Put in a new RAM. Make sure the holders are correctly placed
5) Put back the RAM access panel and switch on the unit. Press F2 and check if the RAM module was properly recognized.
* I was talking about this sticker(sorry, this picture turned out to be bit blurred)
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So, if I put a 2 gig RAM SIMM into an early, white, eee 701 4G the ASUS-supplied OS will only recognize/use 1 Gig of RAM? I wonder if they’ll fix that at some point…
Yes, Ken. You are right. Only 1GB will be recognized. Also, I don’t think there is a need of 2GB RAM on the xandros OS, which is supplied by the Asus.
I highly doubt that the Asus will be rolling out any updates though. :/ You know, Asus has never won awards for after-sales/customer support anyway ;)
Install XP, your 2GB RAM will be recognized immediately
What speed of ddr 2 memory can this handle?
Upto 800MHz bus speed. Though only 667MHz is effective
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My friend hi,
I have an asus 701 white 4g surf and I want to put a ddr 1 gb inside with linux. Is it possible or only the black one can do so?
For that you will need patched version of Xandros OS. Windows XP recognizes it fine
You can get a rebuilt Kernel for Xandros so it will recognize the 2 Gig stick, all you gotta do is make the new Kernel the default boot Kernel. It took me all of 20 min from start to finish on my 701.
Hi There, I have an ASUS EeePC Black 8GB – came with 512 RAM, can I replace it with 2GB RAM or not??
Yes, you can
i have a EeePC 1018P with 1 gig ram. I would like to upgrade to 2 gig, what kind of memory will it take? 1-2gig ram or 2-1gig or 1-1gig, ddr2 or ddr3?
thanks in advance!
@helpneeded – It would take 1x 2GB RAM. If your processor is N450/N470, then only DDR2 is supported. Check its review here – http://gadgetmix.com/netbook/asus-eee-1018p-review/