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mixing ram

rahenyguy · 2006-05-08 22:39:28

hi i looking for advice i have a dimension 4600 4 ram slots at the mo i have two x 256mb sticks im looking to buy 2 x 512 mb sticks to fill the spare slots will they work together or do i nedd 4 x 256 or 4 x 512 stcks any help would be appreciated

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08-05-2006 11:39pm

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rahenyguy

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hi i looking for advice i have a dimension 4600 4 ram slots at the mo i have two x 256mb sticks im looking to buy 2 x 512 mb sticks to fill the spare slots will they work together or do i nedd 4 x 256 or 4 x 512 stcks any help would be appreciated

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#2 09-05-2006 4:00pm
The Real B-man

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Yes your can mix aslong as they are the same type eg 2* pc3200 modules the amount of memory doesnt matter

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#3 09-05-2006 9:38pm
rahenyguy

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so if i have two 512 sticks and two 256 sticks itll be ok

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#4 09-05-2006 9:46pm
maxpower

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yea they'll work but only as fast as the slowest matched pair.:D

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