Ram......what Ram??

Evening all, been playing with my new (2nd hand) notebook. First thing im doing in installing wifi!!!

Anyway to the point, the system is currently as follows-
Celeron CPU 2.60GHz
1.94GHz, 224 MB of Ram

I want to add some Ram, now how can I tell what sort of Ram to buy (cause im cheap, going to try and score 2nd hand off Ebay)and can I go straight up to 1024? Ive checked space availibility and have two slots.

I am getting lost with DDR, DDR2 etc, obviously buying of Ebay would like to research Ram required first.

Any input would be appreciated.

 

you will need to check which type of RAM it supports, althoguh I suspect you'd want DDR400 SODIMM.

 

try this program to see what type of ram you have and then you can decide what you want. http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

it will give you all the info about your pc specs.

 

@ DDP, Laptop is an ASUS A2H, went to Asus website and downloaded manual, however when it came to replacing Ram/ HDD etc no information available other than "take to an authorised Asus technician"

@ sammorris / iPirate, will download now and post info.

 

System Model
ASUSTEK A2H/L 1.0
Main Circuit Board b
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A2H/L REV 1.xx
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software, Inc. 0213 04/29/2004

Memory Modules c,d
224 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'DIMM 1' has 256 MB
Slot 'DIMM 2' is Empty

Local Drive Volumes
c: (FAT32 on drive 0) 16.87 GB 8.25 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0) 11.23 GB 11.17 GB free

Operating System
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600)
Processor a
2.60 gigahertz Intel Celeron
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache

 

that program is very useful, i would guess you have a laptop model, ddr ram

 

Well , i have googled my system and existing ram and I am thinking I need a 200 pin? Any suggestions/ideas? does this sound right?

 

Generally I don't find the need to worry about pin numbers, there's a different pin number for each type anyway. if it's a laptop with DDR1 then get DDR1 SODIMM memory, if it's a laptop with DDR2 then get that. Simple really!

 

also, it is good to have the same size ram if you are getting two, so et 2 512MB or 2 1GB, not 1 512MB and 1 1GB. I dont know why but matching pairs is best,

 

Because then they interact better, and you also get more memory!

 

Thanks for your help guys!!!

 

No problem, is it all going well?

 

yeah, im trying to get a second hand bargain on Ebay (if bargains still exist!!)
Im hoping to score 1x 512, then another down the track.

 

pff, I would never look to ebay for RAM, but oh well!

 

dont think i will be either....only save about 20-30$

 

I would sell my old stuff on ebay gladly, but wouldn't trust it to buy stuff. Not things as sensitive as RAM.