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I am getting ready to place new memory into my desktop computer. &nbsp;Currently I have 2 sticks of 512MB in it. &nbsp;I have two open slots and am installing 2 additional sticks of 1GB each. &nbsp;The question is, do I need to remove the 512MB sticks before installing the new 1GB sticks?
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I am getting ready to place new memory into my desktop computer.  Currently I have 2 sticks of 512MB in it.  I have two open slots and am installing 2 additional sticks of 1GB each.  The question is, do I need to remove the 512MB sticks before installing the new 1GB sticks?

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