will it work?

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Thu, 09/15/2011 - 21:45
Johnbrianr
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My friend has an old Dell Optiplex GX620 with only 512mb of RAM in it. I was wondering if this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148236) will work in it. I don't wanna just rush in and throw 2gb of RAM on a motherboard that can't handle it cause he can't afford a new one. Thank you for any responses.

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Sat, 09/17/2011 - 05:51
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According to the specs of the machine, it will work. The board will require DDR2 PC2-5300 SDRAM.

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Sat, 09/17/2011 - 15:41
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Yes, agreed, PC2-5300 or faster DDR2 will work, up to 2Gb DIMMS. Larger modules (4Gb) may be seen and addressed as 2Gb or not seen altogether depending on the BIOS version.

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Sun, 09/18/2011 - 06:51
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Johnbrianr
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thanks, guys. This helped a lot

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Thu, 09/22/2011 - 21:18
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Johnbrianr
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wow, the guy that used to work on my friend's pc said that 2 GB would fry the mobo..... and that 512 mb is fine. He must be trying to milk him for every dollar possible

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