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    Have a few questions please help

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by mintyfresh94, Jan 27, 2009.

  1. mintyfresh94

    mintyfresh94 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys is it possible to have 3gb of ram on my laptop? i have 2 1gb sticks and i dont want to buy two more 2gb sticks. can i just replace 1 with a 2gb stick and it will work fine?or do they both have to be the same capacity? have an acer 4720z btw.
    thanks for any help :D
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    You can upgrade to 3Gb of memory. The memory does not need to have the same capacity or the same manufacturer for your system to work.
    All you need is the same type of memory.
    If you have ddr2 pc5300 memory, its best to buy a single 2Gb card which is PC5300.

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