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#1 xRmRxfreakBOMB
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My computer says it has 4 slots for ram, but there are only 2 slots with ram already in them. It looks like you could add 2 more ram holders though. Is this posible? (If you confused about what I'm asking, tell me to take a picture of it)

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#2 Angry_Bosmer
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My computer says it has 4 slots for ram, but there are only 2 slots with ram already in them. It looks like you could add 2 more ram holders though. Is this posible? (If you confused about what I'm asking, tell me to take a picture of it)

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I'm not sure what you mean but you can't put more RAM slots to make say six RAM slots. You can ad two more sticks of RAM though.

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#4 xRmRxfreakBOMB
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Here is the picture

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#5 Angry_Bosmer
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never seen that...
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#6 WDT-BlackKat
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Someone stole your RAM slots. Quick! Call the cops.

Did you get that motherboard second hand or something because that is just bizarre.

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#7 WKS92
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that is really weird. i would call the manufacturer cause if it says your are supposed to have two more it either means your was F#@$ed up or someone on the assembly line played a joke on you.
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#8 X360PS3AMD05
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LMAO, there are lower end boards where companies don't add all the features to make them cheaper. You'll see marks where SATA/IDE slots could have been and that is where 2 other RAM slots could have been.
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#9 kodex1717
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Isn't it obvious what's going on here? The manufacter uses that PCB for more than one motherboard model. The low-end boards don't have all the connections and thus cost less.
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#10 WDT-BlackKat
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Ah that explains it. Guess it pays to splurge on parts.
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#11 xRmRxfreakBOMB
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Wow, so I got screwed over. What should I do? I've had this piece of **** for a year!
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#12 WDT-BlackKat
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Get new, larger RAM chips for the slots you have and toss the old ones I guess. Like 2 x 2GB for 4GB total.
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#13 LibertySaint
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My computer says it has 4 slots for ram, but there are only 2 slots with ram already in them. It looks like you could add 2 more ram holders though. Is this posible? (If you confused about what I'm asking, tell me to take a picture of it)

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yes u can add ram but your operating system will only read so much. As well when do add ram, u always try to keep them the same manufactored, type and timed ram for every 2 slots. So what u want to due is look at 4 ram slots as 2 possible upgrading slots. When upgrade one slot u should upgrade its neighbor slot that corresponds with it. But seeing as u already have 2 of the slots filled and left with one upgrading slot u can upgrade with more ram, just make sure they are the same type, size, timing and manufactor. Back to the OS, 32 bit operating systems only read roughly 3.25mbs of ram so even if u had 4 physcal gbs of ram u'r computer would only use 3. 64 bit OS can read almost any amount ram that you would want. There would be no reason to go past 8 gbs of ram. Heck a person will only see around 1% performance difference in most games, not application from going from 2gbs of ram to 3gbs of ram. What is the biggest performance boast u can add to ram isn't nesscarily the amount but the speed and latency.

Now a days its best to have at least 800mhz ram that is low latency to have very smooth gameplay with good hardware.

if u already have 2gbs of ram, that is slow 600mhz ram and u do not want to overclock it just leave it and add faster ram that may be smaller in size so say u have 2 1 gbs sticks already at 600mhz u now buy 2 512mb stick at 1000mhz to have a total amount of ram of 3gbs.

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#14 LibertySaint
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err sorry after seeing your picture i see yeah no u can't add more ram upon the amount u already have without replacing the existing sticks.
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#15 xRmRxfreakBOMB
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The thing is, it says that it has 4 slots for RAM

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#16 WDT-BlackKat
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The thing is, it says that it has 4 slots for RAM

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Yeah. You said you got it a year ago though. That's probably the duration of the warranty and even though they screwed you over there's nothing you can do likely about it this far down the road.

Where'd you get the computer or motherboard btw?

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#17 xRmRxfreakBOMB
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Well, from now on I will never buy a Compaq computer EVER again.
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#18 WDT-BlackKat
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Well, from now on I will never buy a Compaq computer EVER again.xRmRxfreakBOMB

Good idea. Next time build your own.