[c-nsp] remote cisco 7301 RAM upgrade

[Steve Snodgrass]

On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 12:51:39PM -0400, Joe Abley wrote:
> There's a remote c7301 of my acquaintance which has 256MB of RAM; I  
> need to upgrade that to at least 512MB.
> 
> I read that the 7301 has two slots for RAM. However, I can't tell  
> whether the router in question has 1 x 256MB stick in it right now  
> (in which case I just need an additional 256MB stick) or whether it  
> has 2 x 128MB in it (in which case I need 1 x 512MB, or 2 x 256MB  
> sticks).
> 
> Is there some way to tell from a running router whether both RAM  
> slots are occupied? I was hoping "show c7301" would show me  
> something, but apparently not.

If you need to do this, just go to 1 Gig.  That way you never have to touch
it again.  Kingston has a reasonably priced kit for this that I've
successfully used in NPE-G1s:

http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator/partsinfo.asp?ktcpartno=KCS-D72G1/1G

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