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I have a free RAM slot and some spare memory that will fit my computer. However the problem is my motherboard only supports 2GB and I have 2GB installed. What would happen if I plugged the spare memory in the RAM slot?
The following things spring to mind:
- Nothing will happen
- It will work, computer becomes faster
- Computer becomes slower
- Explosion
- Undetermined (Any of the above)
Does anyone have any experience of this?
Update: Egged on by you zealous lot, I went ahead and stuck the extra memory in. It booted up! Unfortunately, the hunch of some has been proved correct. The memory is reported at the capped limit, rather then the actual available. A shame then! But thank you all for your suggestions, speculations and stories.
For your reference, I am using a Dell Insprion 6000 with 2gb installed, latest drivers. I attempted to add 512mb, with no success.
Funny to see so many answers and so little upvotes :P – Ivo Flipse – 2009-08-26T18:21:57.167
well, Ivo, no point in voting here, since it is more or less guesswork until we know the mainboard model and type of memory, only then you may get accurate answers, either from experience or research. – None – 2009-08-26T18:32:45.990
Good point ;) – Ivo Flipse – 2009-08-26T18:53:41.767
Did you flash the BIOS? – Vincent Vancalbergh – 2013-07-16T16:08:08.033