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Max amount of RAM?

A friend of mine gave me a computer that he has had for some time. It has 1GB of factory installed RAM (512 GB in the two banks on the motherboard) and I want to replace the RAM sticks.

I researched the model (Compaq Presario SR5030NX) and apparently 2GB is the maximum amount of memory I can install.)

It's a 32 bit OS and my question is, what would happen if I put 4 GB in it? Does the 2 GB limit have something to do with the model of the motherboard? So would I be wasting money buying a couple of 2 GB RAM sticks? (I already have 2 1 GB sticks that I took from another computer...)

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  • Norm F
    Lv 7
    2 years ago
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    You are correct the max is 2GB.

    Although your motherboard is a 32 bit highway the address lines to the memory will only address. 2GB ie 1GB per slot

  • 2 years ago

    Ugghhh Pentium 4 system. I seen the motherboard for this there is only 2 slots and the max size you can put in it is 1GB per slot. You want my advice I would just scrap that system since the Pentium 4 systems were not very good. They can barely do facebook these days. It does not matter if you put in a gaming video card the Pentium 4 it is 15 years old. You can buy Duo core system or better or find them on the curbside that will do circles around that Pentium 4 system. I would not waste any money or time on this system due to poor performance.

  • 2 years ago

    Current technology can support as much as 120g ram

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    it's possible that when the motherboard was made 2gb memory sticks were either not available or prohibitively expensive buy a 2 GB stick on ebay of the right type of memory and try it

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  • 2 years ago

    Thanks for the answers. I have other computers, I just want to get this one performing as well as possible. Thanks again!

  • Adrian
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    The 2GB limit is probably due to the hardware in that machine, it cannot address more than that....

  • Bill-M
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    The 2GB limit is a feature of that old motherboard.

    You should purchase a new computer.

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