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Re: RAM information

Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:59:36 -0500, Roberto Sanchez
<roberto@familiasanchez.net> wrote:


Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:


Hi,

I've a Compaq laptop with 256mb RAM (266mhz). I'm planning to add more
RAM into it.
Can I add another 512mb (266mgz) RAM from some other vendor, say
kingston or samsung ??
Will a combination of  512 and 256 make conflicts ???


That is a question for Compaq.  Without knowing what model you even
have, it would be impossible to say.  That would be like me saying,
"I have a Ford truck with a six cylinder engine.  I want to change
it to an 8 cylinder engine.  Will there be any probems?"




Oops! My mistake, Sorry.

It's a Compaq Presario 2203 Laptop based on Intel Centrino Technology.
It contains an Intel 855GM chipset motherboard which can support upto
2GB of RAM.
At present it's containing 256 Mb of RAM that was shipped default.
The make of the RAM is:
Speed: 266Mhz
Type: DDR.

Now, My questions,
Can I add another 512Mb of RAM making it a total of 768Mb (512 + 256). ??
And I want to add the RAM from some other vendor, may be Kingston or
Samsung, it'll

be cheap then.
Can I do that If I match the speed and type of the RAM ??

I know you might say how this question is related to Debian:
Will that combination (Two different capacity RAM from different
vendors) create any

conflict/panic in Debian and in Linux in particular ???

rrs





Opinion.
If the RAM is the same spec (speed & type), Linux generally doesn't care about different capacities or vendors. Neither do the vast majority of computers. There are/have been a few that do (I've seen one). There are some that seem to care which one goes in slot 0 (I've seen a few of those). That may not become apparent until you try it. Make sure the vendor has a return policy. 

Jim
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