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January 4th, 2007, 09:16 AM
#1
RAM upgrade
I'm looking to upgrade my VERY old PC with a nice, fat RAM module.
First things first, it's PC-2100 DDR SDRAM (184 pin). I have 512 now (2x256), and want to move to (uh...256 + 1024 is...uh...)...anyways, I want to add a 1GB single module to one of the 256 modules already present (only 2 DIMM slots available).
I found http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820141172
Seems like a good buy.
Any opinions on said upgrade?
Ouroboros
"entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem"
"entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity."
-Occam's Razor
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January 4th, 2007, 01:10 PM
#2
Please check out the "Crucial" memory site.
Also, please remember that mixing memory types can give you problems....... I would prefer same maker........... and at least same speed and clock latency (CL)............ OK I break the rules all the time, but only on my own stuff
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January 4th, 2007, 03:14 PM
#3
Not all motherboards support 1gb sticks. Make sure you look at that first because you might be waisting your time trying to get something to work that will never work :-p
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January 4th, 2007, 08:47 PM
#4
You will want to check your motherboard manual to be sure: It's possible it only supports a certain total size of RAM, and only up to a certain size for any individual stick. (Or even only certain sizes at certain speeds, depending on what kind of FSB jumpers you have, etc.)
Pricewise, that looks pretty good at first glance. I haven't heard of Pqi, but memory is increasingly a commodity these days anyway, so as long as you've got a pretty good return or RMA policy going...
[HvC]Terr: L33T Technical Proficiency
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January 5th, 2007, 02:42 AM
#5
If it'll support the 1 gig stick chunk the 256s and get 2 1 gig sticks
When death sleeps it dreams of you...
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January 5th, 2007, 05:14 AM
#6
Yes, a lot of older MoBos will not support 1Gig strips. That is why I suggest that you visit the "Crucial" memory site, as they have a very good memory finding tool.
All you have to do is enter the MoBo or brand name PC details and it will tell you what is supported
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January 6th, 2007, 06:27 PM
#7
Two sticks always better than one.reason being that if one bombs out you can still use your pc.
Practise what you preach.
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January 7th, 2007, 03:51 AM
#8
184-pin ram is old? Yikes, some of my units are running 168-pin sdrams...
“Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.” — Will Rogers
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January 7th, 2007, 11:26 AM
#9
Yes brokencrow, I did wonder about that............ PC2100 is 184 pin DDRAM, it cannot be SDR as well................... that is 168 pin and runs at 3.3volts rather than 2.5volts. Both are synchronous data rate.
If it really is PC2100 DDRAM (which the PC2100 implies), then I would guess that the machine is about 5+ years old. If it has two DIMM slots, then I would say that in all probability, it will only support 512Mb sticks. This machine is of about that age and will only support a Gig of RAM (2 x 512 PC 2700), and I built many machines around that time that had similar MoBos.
XP wasn't around and ME/98SE is likely to be unstable with more than 512Mb. The greater capacity was for people wanting to run Win 2000 or even NT 4.0
Hell, back then 1Gb sticks were as rare as hen's teeth and cost a fortune?
It would help if we had more details on the make model of computer/motherboard?
EDIT: DDRAM is designed to be backwards compatible, so if his MoBo would support it, he would probably be better off with a total of 1Gb of PC2700, rather than 1280Mb of PC2100. By "support" I mean having a 333MHz FSB as opposed to 266MHz.
Last edited by nihil; January 7th, 2007 at 11:40 AM.
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January 7th, 2007, 11:45 AM
#10
Well, I've got some 4 mb 30-pin chips if anyone needs 'em.
Call me old-fashioned.
“Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.” — Will Rogers
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