RE: cheap RAM! (but can I use it?)

["Eric Chadbourne" <user=1528@nabble.blu.org>]

  Hi.  You can plop in your info at crucial.com and they'll tell you how 
much RAM and type your machine can take.  - Eric C. 

> -----Original Message----- 
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> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ben Holland 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 2:50 PM 
> To: Seth Gordon; [hidden email] 
> Subject: Re: cheap RAM! (but can I use it?) 
> 
> On my mac pro- I think due to the dual core dual processor 
> architecture they do require you to buy ram in pairs of the same size, 
> however you don't need to have all dimms the same size: Ex. I have 2 
> 2GB and 2 512MB, check your motherboard specs and look around online 
> to see how to upgrade your particular ram on your computer. If you 
> have a dell it should be all online. ~Ben 
> 
> On Nov 13, 2007 2:04 PM, Dan Ritter <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 01:50:47PM -0500, Seth Gordon wrote: 
> > > I have some dim recollection that you can't mix DIMMs of 
> different sizes 
> > > on the same motherboard, so if I want to upgrade the 
> desktop to 2 GB, I 
> > > either need to get two 512-MB DIMMs, or I need to throw 
> out my existing 
> > > memory and get two 1-GB DIMMs.  Is this true? 
> > 
> > Generally, no. There are chipsets where you need to place 
> > DIMMs in matched pairs, though. 
> > 
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