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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----- > From: [hidden email] > [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. > > > > -dsr- > > > > -- > > Every time you give up a right, the terrorists win. > > Tyranny is something that creeps up on you. > > > > http://tao.merseine.nu:81/~dsr/eula.html is hereby > incorporated by reference. > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [hidden email] > > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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