memory upgrade

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parman7172

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Hello, I have a new HP Pavilion 500-056 PC with windows 8. it has 8GB memory located in one memory slot. I plan on adding another 8GM memory stick of the same kind to one of the other free open spots. which do I use? They are not numbered, but the 1st memory stick is in the first "blue" slot then there is another slot and then beside that there is another "blue" slot followed by another slot. thanks in advance for the help, P
 
The colours are to guide you so you would put the other stick in the other blue slot, have you check what maximu memory capacity of your motherboard is ?
 
yes I checked....... just not sure which socket to put it in

Memory upgrade information
Dual channel memory architecture
Four 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets
Supports DDR3 DIMMs
PC3 10600 (1333 MHz)
PC3 12800 (1600 MHz)
PC3 14400 (1866 MHz)
32 GB unbuffered max memory
Supports 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB or 8 GB DIMMs
Supports up to 4 GB on 32-bit* systems
Supports up to 32 GB on 64-bit systems
 
Thanks for the help. Everything went fine. System now shows 16GB. I only wonder if I will see any difference in performance. thanks again for the help, P
 
Yes you certainly should because aswell as having twice the amount of memory, you will now be running in dual channel mode.
 
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