The pc says it has 2gb and max of 4gb I think there's 4 ram slots. So do you know what ram chip is already in the pc? Like is it 2 1gb or 1 2gb? I plan on upgrading so I want to know
It depends on the size you have right now. That model is made in 4 different sizes. 3 of models have 4 slots. 1 model only has 2 slots which is the Ultra Small Form Factor Computer.
Here is a link for the site.
If your computer is the size of one the three top computers on the page it will have 4 slots which means you could have two 1GB sticks in there or have four 512MB sticks. If it is the bottom one...it has only two slots. Looks like its DDR2 memory for the type.
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