I've just purchased an Inspiron 6000, after my T40 broke. I'm aware that this Dell uses DDR2 memory instead of normal DDR SO-DIMMs.
My question is: I purchased the system with only 256MB RAM, knowing that I can get memory cheaper elsewhere. (www.dealram.com, among MANY other sites) Since DDR2 is DUAL-CHANNEL, do I have to have both slots occupied, and with identical chips?
If that is so, then...is my Dell going to ship w/ 2 sticks of 128MB RAM, to make it 256? (and to upgrade i have to buy 2 identical sticks?)
If it's not so, and the Dell is shipping with a 256MB stick, with a 2nd slot open for me to put something in there, can I safely buy a 512MB stick and put it there to have 768?
I have never owned a machine w/ dual channel memory, and my quick Google searches leave me hanging. I can't find the answer to my question. Hopefully you guys can help. TIA!!
My question is: I purchased the system with only 256MB RAM, knowing that I can get memory cheaper elsewhere. (www.dealram.com, among MANY other sites) Since DDR2 is DUAL-CHANNEL, do I have to have both slots occupied, and with identical chips?
If that is so, then...is my Dell going to ship w/ 2 sticks of 128MB RAM, to make it 256? (and to upgrade i have to buy 2 identical sticks?)
If it's not so, and the Dell is shipping with a 256MB stick, with a 2nd slot open for me to put something in there, can I safely buy a 512MB stick and put it there to have 768?
I have never owned a machine w/ dual channel memory, and my quick Google searches leave me hanging. I can't find the answer to my question. Hopefully you guys can help. TIA!!
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