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is to add more RAM. Luckily, most laptops have upgradeable RAM slots.

Older systems use 200-pin DDR and DDR2 SO-DIMMs; while current

systems primarily use 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMMs (see Figure 23-32) or

newer 260-pin DDR4 SO-DIMMs. You can refer back to Chapter 4, “RAM,”

to refresh your memory of these RAM technologies, but keep in mind that

portable and desktop RAM may use different numbers of pins—even if the

specification is the same.

Figure 23-32 204-pin SODIMM stick (front and back)

EXAM TIP Expect a question or two on the CompTIA A+ 1001 exam

about scenarios where you should install (and configure) laptop memory—as

in random access memory (i.e., RAM). The typical scenario is when your

client runs applications that demand more memory than the current laptop

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