Crucial.com gives me 2 answers for memory?

I went to crucial.com to determine what kind of memory I can upgrade from I currently have a gateway pc thats a couple years old, it has 2 memory slots, both filled with 512mb of PC2-4200 DDR2 ram

1) I looked up my PC on Crucial here

http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=GT5428&pl=Gateway&cat=RAM

It says I can have a max of 2gb TOTAL, 1gb per slot on my PC.

2) I then also used there tool that you download that scans your PC for possible memory. When I did that, it shows I can have a total of 4gb of memory, 2gb per slot.

Now I would hope for the second option to be true but I am confused, it is saying I can only have 2gb, then it says 4gb so which is it?

Answer

Well, that site is all well and good, but you should really be checking with your manufacturer (Gateway) first.. A quick search found your model's specs on their site:

• Installed: 1024 MB DDR2, 533 MHz, (PC4200) dual channel memory (two 512 MB DIMMs)


• Expandable to: 2 GB (two DDR2 DIMM slots)

You can install 2x1GB modules at PC4200.

Here's the link.