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To: stuartcr

But it would work? I thought both RAM chips had to be the same value.


4 posted on 06/12/2009 10:19:16 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (This tagline has been shutdown due to lack of funds.)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

They do not have to be the same unless you want to run dual channel.

How many RAM slots does he have open?


9 posted on 06/12/2009 10:20:29 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

You can mix and match speeds, but you have to run them at the speed of the lowest one.


12 posted on 06/12/2009 10:20:52 AM PDT by gjones77
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To: Vigilantcitizen

On some newer machines, mismatched ram sticks (say one’s a 2400 speed, the other 3200) will make the machine run at the speed of the slowest RAM stick. IIRC.


13 posted on 06/12/2009 10:21:05 AM PDT by WVRockDJ (Mountaineer by birth; USMC by choice; Christian by Grace.)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

Nope, just buy the recommended RAM for the computer. When you boot up after, it will recognise both and tell you, you have around 1.5G.


20 posted on 06/12/2009 10:29:01 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.)
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