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

["Dan Ritter-2" <user=13@nabble.blu.org>]

 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- 

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