While a chipset might support 2GB per slot you can't be sure all the address lines were run via the circuit board. So if you want to chance it you find no one will be there to tell you it will work.
I'm upgrading an old laptop for a family member, and I'm not sure how much RAM it can support. According to the manual, it can support 1 GB per slot, for a total of 2 GB. However, when I ran SIW (System Information for Windows), it claimed the computer supported 2 GB per slot, for a total of 4 GB.
Which should I go with, what the manual says or what SIW says? Thank you for your help.
~Chris

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