This way, you??™ll enjoy the best possible performance from the start,
and you can be sure that you??™ll never need to discard memory
modules in order to upgrade.
Leave some memory slots free If you can??™t max out the memory when
you buy your PC, don??™t fill up the memory slots with low-capacity
modules. Instead, put higher-capacity modules in one or more of the
slots, and leave the remaining slots empty until you can afford to stuff
high-capacity modules into them. For example, if you buy a laptop that
has two memory slots, it??™s better to buy a 1GB module for one slot
(and then be able to upgrade to 2GB by adding another 1GB module)
than to reach 1GB by putting 512MB in each of the slots and needing to
discard one or both modules when you upgrade.
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Step 3: Install the Memory
With the memory in hand, you??™re ready to install it:
Desktop PC The installation process is usually straightforward, as shown in
the first example that follows. However, if you have a small or specially shaped
PC, you may have to remove some components in order to access the RAM.
Laptop PC Laptops have widely varying designs. If you??™re lucky, your
laptop??™s memory is in an easily accessible location??”for example, under a
screwed-down hatch on the bottom of the laptop, as in the following second
example. If you??™re unlucky, you may have to partly disassemble the PC to install
the memory??”for example, flipping back the keyboard and then removing
components under it.
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