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Question posted by roelmejidana on March 5th, 2017

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can i use 1gig ram in 1module instead of 512 mb module. thanks.

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Answer #1: Posted by TheWiz on March 6th, 2017 5:20 AM

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User Guide - Page 70

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User Guide - Page 72

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