On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Theresa Kehoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why does HP recommend only half of what the mainboard can handle?
The reason not to recommend 4 GB is probably because of PCI addressing leaving a memory "hole". There's little point to installing 4 GB of RAM if your machine won't be able to use it. For details see this thread: http://mlug.missouri.edu/pipermail/members/2008-October/012890.html > They currently have only 1 512MB RAM (in the first of four slots) -- is > there any reason *not* to install a single 1GB RAM into the second of > the four slots? >From the specs the mobo is dual channel. I thought dual channel means the memory needs to be paired. Or am I mistaken? Regards, - Robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
