I have 512 Ram in my laptop. But there are 2 ports for RAM. I was thinking to add 2Gb in 2nd port & keep 512 in 1st port. Is it ok to have different sizes of RAM in 2 ports or it has to be same size in 2 ports i.e. 1+1?
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What kind of laptop is it?
I would add *two *1 GB chips (of same type) and take the 512 out.
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Laptops are very picky on max size. It may well be if a little older takes a max of 1gb for example.
Have a look at the manual for all details.
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Thanks people. Let me clear myself little mopre. Laptop can take upto 4gB... My question is that if I add 512 MB + 2 GB then it will make >2.56GB but if I add 1+1 then will be around 2GB... Just need to know if it's ok to have 2 GB in one slot and 512 in other or it's really not recommended to have different sizes on different slots???
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lets just say, in 100 cases, u get the lucky 3-4 ones where different sizes dont matter..
laptops are VERY VERY picky.. even if u have compatible speed different size rams, operating systems might perform tricky.. (unusual/unexplainable activities) .. i would suggest, keep 1+1 and take 512 out.. because between 2 and 2.56, u would NOT see a gain .. 512 to 1gig u will see a gain, 1 to 2 u will see, 2 to 2.56 u wouldnt
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Ok, I have ordered 2 X 1GB rams.
Now there is a issue of my sister's computer who have 256 ram and computer works like a turtle. I have ordered 512 for her. I am thinking to keep her 256 in 1 slot and 512 in other to make it 768. My question now is would this be better then putting just 512 in one slot and keeping other empty? or making it 768 would be better using different combination?
What if the case is currently a computer has 256 RAM and I adding 512 on the other slot? Is it better to use 512 in one slot and 256 in other to make it
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Make sure that both RAMs are same. Same brand, same bus, same every thing.
If 256 already in it and new 512 are same than its good. Otherwise put in just 512 or 1 GB.
Putting a total of 2GB+ RAM won't help, as OS doesn't support it.
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I just had this dilemma a week ago when I got my VAIO repaired. Almost 50% of the things were replaced and it was all knew. Now the only thing odd was its every bothering 512MB RAM. So I talked to the techs in Sony and Best Buy, they said the same thing as above. You can try odd sizes, but they normally don't work on same bus. In laptop, normally its one bus for both memory bays.
So I opted for 2x 1GB DDR2 sticks, each in one bay. Now its smoking fast with Centrino 1.7Ghz CPU. I say it rocked for two years, now it will go another 2 without needing for any upgrade. Specially when I am not interested to run Vista on any of my machines. Instead I have Kbuntu and MAC VM running on it for pleasure on XP host. They all run in parallel with no performance degradation or hangs.
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hay RAM...hay RAM...
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whenever RAM is not working fine…HAY RAM HAY RAM karnay se usko sukoon milta hai…just make sure u don’t feed it milk n laadu. rest is fine.
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Make sure that both RAMs are same. Same brand, same bus, same every thing.
Yup! That's best and most recommended. Do that Hina!
whenever RAM is not working fine...HAY RAM HAY RAM karnay se usko sukoon milta hai...just make sure u don't feed it milk n laadu. rest is fine.
That's not funny....
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hiname, if you have RAM from reputed manufacturers, different capacity memories in different slots should work fine. However, be aware that your memory bus will be dragged down to the speed of the lowest RAM module. Dual channel memory capable systems will suffer the most.