Sounds like you’ve gotten the identification phase taken care of, and so long as the memory falls into the size/speed/type memory specification of the notebook, there shouldn’t be a problem. As for mixing old/new, smaller/larger capacity, there usually isn’t a problem with this. It depends on your notebook motherboard, and is usually stated in the documentation per memory upgrades. Some computers won’t work in their best configuration with different types of memory, but in the case of upgrade by adding memory, and it being a notebook, the memory isn’t always banked like that anyway. Sometimes you’ll come across a computer that just doesn’t like a particular brand of memory, or the two memory sticks are just off a bit from each other that they won’t work or you’ll get memory errors. Usually though, you’ll know right away and the computer won’t POST. It rarely hurts either pc or memory. You would just have to try a different brand at that point.
So to sum up, it should probably work. If it doesn’t, it’s highly unlikely that anything would be damaged, just incompatible. The biggest threat of damage would come from just handling the memory itself. Be careful of static discharge, and “ground” yourself to the computer frame before installing the memory. Be careful not to touch the components and contacts. You should be good.
Thanks for the feedback.
I might just try it. (with a fire extinguisher handy)
:)
It’s an old enough pc, really there’s no downside risk. Other than the bursting into flames thing.