Dell Memory (Ram) upgrade

[Bisley]

Hi,
I have an Inspiron 531 desktop and currently I only have 2 gigs or ram in it, I want to upgrade it to its max which is 4 gigs, how do I know which type of memory it is?


PC2-5300/6400 DDR2 SDRAM DIMMs
I looked on a site that said this was what I had but im not really sure what it means or if its correct. Could someone show me a link of where to buy this kind if it is correct.

 

[bytegeek]

Hello there.

It looks like you had the correct type or memory. You can check the Crucial.com site and use their Memory Advisor Tool. I've never had a problem with them.

Just remember that if you're using 32-bit Windows XP, Windows will only use 3.5GB at a time.

 

[mailpup]

You can also download and run the free utility, CPU-Z. Also, any 32 bit Windows operating system has this limitation, not just XP.