HP Compaq NX9600 -- Adding Memory

[TenOC]

To quote Sergeant Schultz "I know nothing" about computer memory.

From my OLD HP Compaq NX9600 service manual .I want to add at least 1 Gb maybe 2 GB of additional memory

512MB or 1024MB standard, 400-MHz DDR2 SDRAM standard; two SODIMM slots Upgradeable to 2048 MB maximum (1024MB in slots 1 and 2)

On eBay I find a number of low cost used memory. This is an example of one.Low Cost Memory

Questions;

The manual says 1 Gb in each slot. Does this mean that I cannot add 2Gb in a slot For a total of 3 Gb

Modern memory is faster than 400 MHz. Will faster memory work? Is there any advantage to a faster memory or does a motherboard limit the speed to 400Mhz?

[MitchF150]

It's been awhile since I was doing my own hardware upgrades... But, I recall that you have to put the memory in matched pairs and they have to be the correct number of pins. Over the years, the memory slots change pins, so the newest stuff might not fit the older slots..

If the mother board can't handle any more memory than adding more will likely not even work, but even it it does, it will still only use it's max.

Good luck

Mitch