i am trying to buy more ram for my completely and horribly stock dell dimension xps t800r. it was a hand-me-down, i have a very low budget and i am just trying to make do until i would eventually like to just build my own (which at that point i will be right back here trying to figure out what is compatable with what). i have two sticks right now; one 128 and one 256 both pc100 168pin. i did a little research and i found out that this dell can hold up to 768mb of ram. i believe i need sdram but i have no idea. any help would be much appreciated. thank you.
have you looked inside the computer to see the ram sockets & how many are there as i think 3. what windows are you using & what are you using the computer for? how big is your hd & how much space is left on it?
hey ddp - thanks for your reply. i think you helped me before when my ram crapped out on me. thank you very much btw, i used an eraser on the one stick and i am still using it. there are 3 sockets. i'm using windows xp pro. i am using the comp for music, movies, tv shows, file conversions, cd and dvd burning, and would also like to start playing a little wc3. my c drive is 29gb with 22 left. i also have an internal 160gb seagate (really i think it is like 140 or 150) and i have 70gb left on that (even more when i clean off some of the crap i'm never going to use)
so you need 2 more 256meg sdram to replace the 128meg to get 768meg. the empty ram socket should have 2 bumps in it. 1 close to center & the 2nd close to 1 end. that means it uses sdram because if 1 bump near the center than is ddr ram. can use either pc100 or pc133 ram which will run as pc100 because of the original pc100 256meg.
ok thanks. should i go after a good name brand or would generic be the best idea. i'm not really sure on the quality/value difference. i'm looking at pricewatch.com and there are some pretty cheap sticks. just wondering if that would just end up biting me in the a$$.
stay away from infinion ram as had prblems with them as 64 & 128meg version. they were picky on what motherboards they would work with.
oh and one other question if you don't mind...what the hell is 16Mx8. that is printed on one of the sticks. on pricewatch i noticed that all of the sticks had something similar to this in the description. does this need to match up or no? tia
Hi, i need some Ram help too.. I have a standard Compaq S7150UK, 256mb RAM. Ive done a bit of homework & i know i have 2 memory sockets, only 1 is used at the moment & the maximum RAM the motherboard can take is 1GB. Lavalys home edition tells me i have PC2700 DDR RAM, 133mhz. ive looked at getting 2x 512mb RAM sticks but they mostly come in 333mhz. will this work in my PC? here are the motherboard specs from the official HP/Compaq site.. Motherboard information Part/Feature Specification/Support Motherboard Description Motherboard manufacturer's name: MS-6577 v3.1 Pavilion/Compaq name: Neon System BIOS supplier Phoenix Form factor µatx 9.6 inches x 9.1 inches Processor brand Pentium4 Processor socket type 478 Processor family Intel Celeron, Pentium 4 HT processor Processor front side bus frequency 400/533 MHz Maximum approved processor 2.80 GHz Celeron processor, 3.06 GHz Pentium 4-HT Chipset name Intel i845 Chipset "North Bridge" Intel i845GE Chipset "South Bridge" Intel ICH4 Memory type DDR Memory speed PC 2700 Memory sockets 2 DDR-DIMM Maximum Memory 1.0 GB Graphics Intel Extreme Graphics with Direct AGP Graphics configuration Down Onboard graphics memory Up to 64 MB adjustable in BIOS Graphics connector (AGP) YES TV-Out device YES Audio Integrated AC97 Audio Audio Jacks ( Legend below ) M, LI, LO, Headphone connector Ethernet 10/100 LAN supplier RealTek RTL8101L Ethernet configuration integrated, Down IE 1394 Front/Back Options 1F + 1B IDE UDMA modes 2 x UDMA 100/66/33 Expansion slots (AGP/PCI/Exten) One AGP, three PCI USB ports 2F + 4B Serial, parallel, floppy, PS2 keyboard and mouse 1S,1P,1F,PS2 K+M Available manufacturing options ( Legend below ) G,L,E,6 ..any help appreciated, i need to get more RAM quick. also, if anyone knows where i can get a good deal on memory in the UK please let me know. thanx.
