It can be proper for some machines and some sticks of ram. Next time, use crucial.com.
My dell running windows xp had two 256 mem mod installed from dell I added 2 - 1 gig mods in the 2 spare slots, when I check the mem available it tells me there is only 1.5 gb. What should i look for

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