Can I upgrade my ram to 2GB?

October 2, 2008 7:33 PM

Can I upgrade my ram to 2GB?

I have a Fujitsu Siemens D1675 motherboard. It currently has two 512mb sticks of ram and the third slot is free. Can I add a 1GB stick to the third slot or do the sticks all have to be the same size? I came across this page but I am still a little confused.

posted by twelve to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

Best answer: It depends on the two sticks you have. If they're 1x512's, then yes, you can add a 1gb to the third slot. If they're 2x256's, then you can't. You could swap the two 512's for 2 1gb's, though.

To see if they're 1x's or 2x's, look at the chips. If there are chips on both sides of the stick, it's a 2x. If there are chips on only one side, it's a 1x.

You can always go to crucial.com and let it scan your computer, it generally tells you exactly what you can/should do.
posted by TomMelee at 7:42 PM on October 2, 2008 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thanks, I get it now. I will have a look tomorrow to see if they are one or two sided sticks.
posted by twelve at 8:05 PM on October 2, 2008

cpuz will tell you what you have without needing to open anything.
posted by limon at 9:00 PM on October 2, 2008 [1 favorite]

cpuz is a brilliant little program, and one of the few left that doesn't require any sort of install or support files. (There's also gpuz, which does the same thing for video cards.)
posted by truex at 10:15 PM on October 2, 2008