Adding RAM to my lappy

soozi_hod

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Hi there...complete noob question I know, but would love some help....I have a HP laptop & need to up grade ram from 2 gb to 4 gb - apparently it wil take 5gb according to crucial.com ... can I add a 4gb ram stick to one slot leaving a 1gb stick in the other? will this be ok? Thank you so much in advance whoever answers x
 

ilikemoneygreen

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What is your computer model? Its odd that it says 5gb. Id say thats false. Ram is limited by the OS i think not the hardware. So it would really depend on which version of windows you have. Windows vista 32bit takes a max of 4gb, and if you have the 64gb version then you should be good up to 8gb. Look at this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366778(v=vs.85).aspx

Schroll down and find your windows version and you will see what your Pc can take.