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Should I mix 1gb and 2gb sticks in a laptop?

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enwar3

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In my laptop I started out with one 1gb sodimm. I bought 2x2gb to upgrade my laptop, but my xp only addresses 3gb. It so happens that I have two of these laptops... so should I split the 2x2gb and put 2gb in each laptop, so that each ends up with 3gb?

edit: I opened up task manager for fun and when I had 1gb under total physical memory I had about .3gb available, now I have 3gb total and 2.2gb available. Was the extra 2gb even necessary, if I wasn't using all my memory to start out with?
 
XP addresses 4GB but reserves a large portion for address space for hardware etc.

Extra RAM is almost always good. I don't think another 2GB was necessary, bringing you to 3, but 2 should have done fine. Either way you're good now.
 
If xp addresses 4gb, does it show in task manager? Or does it automatically subtract address space needed for drivers/graphics and display the remaining amount as "total" in task manager? Mine only shows 3.1 gb or so.

EDIT: It was on sd so I couldn't help it =)

Should I replace one of my 2gb sticks with the original 1gb and give the other 2gb to my brother? The original 1gb is of a different brand but same speed.
 
read and understand😉
http://www.dansdata.com/askdan00015.htm

and well things tend to be more stable with matched ram. but if you are stable, give it to a sibling yes. why 2x2gb +32bit os? its about the same price as 1x2gb+1x1gb these days. esp when on sale. sometimes even less, sales on 1gb sticks are rare now.
 
I'd want the full 3GB as most laptops take a chunk of system RAM to use for video RAM. I think the laptop modules are organized like two desktop modules so you will have two pairs for the dual channel feature to work properly for better RAM performance..

.bh.
 
Originally posted by: Zepper
I'd want the full 3GB as most laptops take a chunk of system RAM to use for video RAM. I think the laptop modules are organized like two desktop modules so you will have two pairs for the dual channel feature to work properly for better RAM performance..

.bh.
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Those are my thoughts also.
 
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