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I have a HP DV5220 , i am planning to upgrade the RAM on it and needed to know if i have to replace the 1 gig on it or add 1 gig to it .. it is only expandable to 2 gigs and i don’t know if there are 2 slots or 1 slot only and hence the dilemma as to ordering 1 gig ram or 2 gig ram.. any help will be greatly appreciated.

the motherboard is HP part no. 417021-001, i don’t know if that helps ,, the ram on it is — 333MHz, 200-pin, PC2700 Small Outline Dual In-Line Memory Module (SODIMM)

According to the official PC user guide for HP Pavilion dv5220US, this laptop has two RAM slots and both slots can be accessed from the bottom of the laptop.

Here’s a quoted from the user guide:

The computer has one memory module compartment, which is located on the bottom of the
computer. The memory capacity of the computer can be upgraded by adding a memory module to
the vacant expansion memory module slot or by upgrading the existing memory module in the
primary memory module slot.

You’ll have to remove the RAM cover and take a look inside the memory module compartment.
If you have two 512MB modules installed, you’ll have to remove them and replace with two 1GB modules.
If you have only one 1GB module installed and the second slot is empty, you can add one more 1GB module.