Desktop Memory

How do you find out if certain memory is compatible with your desktop?

You can use tool from http://crucial.com/

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Whats a better way to go when installing memory? I would like to upgrade my memory to about 1GB. My question is should I get a 1GB memory stick or 2 512MB sticks? Thanks

That depends on your pc and what is in there now. If you have 512 already there, then add another 512. It most likely costs less to do one stick of 512 than a 1 GB stick. If you can find that the 1 GB stick is cheaper do that. You should be able to keep what you have and add to it, unless your motherboard limits you to 1 GB for total ram. (then you would want to put 2 512s in there.)

I have some old desktop memory and was thinking about putting it in an old laptop that I was planning to buy on eBay. Will this memory be compatible?

NO! Desktop and laptop memory are different sizes for the same general types, i.e. PC-133, PC2700, etc. They are NOT interchangeable at all. Do a search on eBay for say "PC2700 1GB". Now add "laptop" or "SODIMM" to the search. You will get different results. Look at the pictures. Laptop RAM is small. Desktop RAM is bigger. To get the right memory for this laptop, visit www.crucial.com Go through the Memory Advisor Tool, answer the questions and it will tell you what kind of memory you need to buy.

hey my father just purchased a new laptop for me. and its running really low on memory my dad has spare computer desktop memory we were wondering if we can insert computer memory in a laptop?

no it won't fit.

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