06-30-2001, 08:18 PM
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 Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: La Jolla, California, United States
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Hi, I have a generic PIII 450MHz PC that I bought in Fall 1999. I currently have 128MB SDRAM....I plan to upgrade my RAM, however, I do not know what kind of RAM to buy. The company I bought the computer from, didn't give me any computer (motherboard) manuals to refer to.
I'm confused about my motherboard supporting PC133 or PC 150, and what ECC SDRAM is for, and whether my motherboard is new enough for PC2100 DDRAM, and difference between 168 pin and 184 pin, and so on. Is there any way to check? excuse my ignorance....being a computer user since 1992, I've lost my memory since my entrance to college. |
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06-30-2001, 09:19 PM
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Ensign
Join Date: Mar 2001
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yeah, go with what you have
128 pc133 is only 17 bucks down at a local parts store get it while its cheap, we dont want another eathquake in taiwain to raise prices to 120 for that very same stick! Kami a7a 266 Athlon 1 Ghz 512 pc2100 60 gig IBM deskstar sb live! platinum and my lowely TNT2 based viper 770 ultra |
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07-01-2001, 06:19 AM
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Lieutenant
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: La Jolla, California, United States
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hahah...thanks alot...i plan on getting 512MB of ram for 60 bucks
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07-01-2001, 12:30 PM
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I like crucial memory. http://www.crucial.com/webpromo/
The cheap Accessmicro memory (made by Zeus Components) is problematic. It works for some people and not for others. http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showth...threadid=23613 (faulty ram?) http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showth...threadid=22131 (warning- accessmicro ram) |
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07-01-2001, 04:08 PM
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Lieutenant
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: La Jolla, California, United States
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thanks for the heads up
this may probably explain the spontaneous reboots on my computers computer after i got him 128 MB of ram
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07-01-2001, 06:37 PM
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Ensign
Join Date: Mar 2001
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there are several good bands
corsair, micron, just so lond as it inst Zeus watch out for the ultra value RAM |
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07-01-2001, 07:09 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield USA
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Hmmm your motherboard might not, actually probably doesn't support 512 megs of ram. you might be able to add 2 256 dimms but not one 512.
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07-02-2001, 12:54 AM
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Lieutenant
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: La Jolla, California, United States
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yup...that's what i planned....two 256 MB chips
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07-05-2001, 08:02 AM
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Location: Denmark
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ECC is (mostly!) for servers: It is a technoligy to correct errors in memory. ECC RAM is way to expensive for personal use, and if you HAVE ECC RAM, shot the ECC off as it eats a little performance. Clauzii, DK...
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