upgrading ram

[uncleglenny]

hi i want to upgrade ram currently have 512mb(2x256) and i have to slots left, can i add 2 sticks of 512 or 1024 or can i only add 2 more sticks of 256

[crazysoccer00]

that will depend on the specs on your machine.
can you post your system's specs?

[uncleglenny]

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2400 MHz (18 x 133)
Motherboard Name Asus P4SD-LA (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Springdale-G i865G
System Memory 512 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (08/27/04)

do you need any more specs?

[uncleglenny]

can anyone answer this?

[PrntRhd]

Please be patient, this is a bulletin board, not a chatroom. Of course you already know that.
I figure Saphalline will be by tonight.
I generally recommend Crucial.com's configurator, it will show you what the specs are for the RAM you have already and the amount you can put into that PC.
www.crucial.com

[uncleglenny]

i went there it says i can hold 2048mb so do i have to buy 2 sticks because its dual channel(sorry i was being impatient...lol)

[Erik]

You don't NEED to operate in dual channel mode. It is a performance maximizing option. If you have two free slots you can fill them with 2x512 to get 1.5GB of RAM, or replace them with 2x1GB to get 2GB. I wouldn't borhter filling it up with 256MB sticks, though it is possible.