Quick ? about memory upgrage HP pavilion a1487c

[salobon]

My specs for computer say that I have 4 slots for memory on my mobo (Asus P5LP-LE) and it can handle 4Gb total. On HP website they say that memory is expandable to 4Gb (4x1Gb).
My question is, may I put just two 2Gb sticks (2x2Gb) and remove present 1Gb?
Thank you in advance

 

[hikaricloud]

Nope. If your slots only support up to 1gb each, you can only put 1gb in each slot.

 

[Hefemeister]

Most likely not. Based upon what you have said each dimm can only handle a max of 1gb.
Check out RAM Memory Upgrade: Dell, Mac, Apple, HP, Compaq. USB drives, flash cards, SSD at Crucial.com to confirm for your particular model.

 

[salobon]

that was fast!!! thank you folks!

I'll just give the update what I've found:
that link on crucial.com told me that I can only install 1Gb max in each slot, and Windows XP 32-bit will see only 3.5Gb.
Is it true about 3.5Gb?

 

[Hefemeister]

Yes 3.5mb is the max it can use and you must also subtract your video card memory from 3.5 to get the actual amount it can use.

 

[salobon]

thank you