Um... I added memory to my laptop the day before yesterday, and that 
just kind of worked. I just popped it in and it worked.

As for the CPU, I'm pretty sure that you would have to do SOMETHING when 
you boot up, but I'm not sure.

'josh coffman' wrote:
> I've heard that adding memory to a linux box isn't straight forward. Is that true? I haven't had to add memory to a linux box where I wasn't also re-installing the OS.
> 
> Here's a really far fetched question.. The ASRock motherboard in my desktop has an expansion slot for an additional/replacement CPU. Anyone added or upgraded a CPU with an expansion slot before? Know if its possible with linux?
> 
> I probably wont upgrade the cpu during the life of this box, but I am curious about the cpu expansion slot... and if it would support multiple CPU's. (two X2 cpu's would be fun)
> 
> -j
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