Something is wrong you should show 2gig.

Go to Control Panel, System

If it only reads 896, reboot and watch the boot screen, how much memory is indicated durring the boot process.

If the boot only shows one gig.
1).verify the board supports 2 gig (if it has PCIe I'd bet on it)
2). Power off and gently verify you have them both in correct and tight.

Here is a Control panel, System I have 1gig on this laptop

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