Compaq Presario Memory Upgrade

Hey there people i basically need someones help. I basically want to place more memory into my computer. I have a Compaq Presario 2500 that i brought from singapore. When i checked on a couple of sites it says that i i have 2 slots for ram memory and that the maxiumum memory i can place is 1gb . So i opened my ram section up and i saw two memory chips of PC 2700 256 Mb Samsung DDR Ram. so i was wondering what ram to buy as i want to make my laptop run faster and also if i can place 2x1gb modules. my laptop details are below:

System Model
Hewlett-Packard Presario 2500 (DV551P) KH.F.21
Enclosure Type: Notebook

Processor:
3.05 gigahertz Intel Mobile Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Main Circuit Board:
Board: Hewlett-Packard 0850 NS570 Version PQ1B60
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies Ltd. KF_KH.F.21 03/18/2004

Memory Modules:
Slot 'J400' has 256 MB
Slot 'J401' has 256 MB

Bus Adapters:
Texas Instruments PCI-1410 CardBus Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (2x)
VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller

So if Someone Could Please Please Help Me. Thanks !!!

Hi and welcome to D-A-L

according to this you can only have 1GB of RAM

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/list...ries&submit=Go

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oh o.k so how am does that mean i can only put 256 and 512mb in

you can put at most 2 sticks of 512MB =1024MB = 1GB

If you've already got 2 sticks of 256MB you'll have to remove them both and replace with 2 x 512 or just 1 stick of 512 with 1 stick of 256 and make 768

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Cheers mate for your help. do u rekon il be able to put ddr2 ram ?

you're better off sticking with the RAM that crucial advise PC 2700 DDR Ram

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