upgrading ram

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i have an hp pavillion t460.

now i want to upgrade the ram. what kinda memory should i buy? i it best
with 2x512, or just 1x1024+1x254 or what?
 
i have an hp pavillion t460.

now i want to upgrade the ram. what kinda memory should i buy? i it best
with 2x512, or just 1x1024+1x254 or what?
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more detail necessary about system, cpu, memory, etc.
 
kony said:
more detail necessary about system, cpu, memory, etc.
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as requested:

Motherboard Description
a.. Manufacturer's name - ASUS P4SD-LA
a.. HP/Compaq name - Stingray

Motherboard Supplier
ASUS

System BIOS Supplier
ASUS/Award

Board Form Factor
uATX

Processor Brand
Intel

Processor Socket Type
mPGA478

Processor Family
Pentium 4HT

Maximum Processor Core Frequency
Up to 3.2 GHz P4 Northwood

Processor Front Side Bus
800/533/400 MHz

Hyper Threading Support
Yes

Processor VRM Specification
Northwood FMB2

Chipset 'North Bridge'
865G

Chipset 'South Bridge'
ICH5

Super I/O
SMsC LPC47M192-NC

Flash BIOS Device Type and Density
FWH 4 Mbit

Memory Type
DDR SDRAM (Supports duel channel)

Memory Speed
PC3200 (400 MHz),

PC2700 (333 MHz),

PC2100 (266 MHz)

Memory Sockets
Four DDR DIMM (184-pin)

Single or Dual Channel
Dual System Memory
 
2 x 512 MB could be faster if your motherboard supports dual channel memory. I don't know how much of an improvement this is would be. I have not seen any difference with it enabled, apparently because it does not work properly with the motherboards I have tried.
A motherboard usually will not recognize the full capacity of higher density chips that are released several years after the motherboard. If you use a 1 GB DIMM you might have to use one with 8 chips (instead of 4).
All other things being equal I would rather have 2 DIMMs than 1, so that if a chip fails I would still have some working memory.
 
as requested:
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No, not some kind of huge auto-generated list, the concise
specifics of your specific system.

Specific CPU make, model, and FSB Speed.

Motherboard make, model and chipset

Memory- # of slots on the board,
# of slots filled
CONCISE details of each module in each slot
Size, Speed rating
 
Whatever is in it, double it, now that's the simple fix but there are
many types and speed of memory available.

Usually the adding of faster memory allows the use of faster ram
settings with no fuss, IE if the board takes 2700 DDR put good 3200
DDR in it.

Memory is cheap ATM so go for it.
 
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