Joyce E wrote:
> Super!  Thank you, Tom M. and Lewis E.  That would save me a bundle, and 
> lots of time and frustration over the slow performance of this beast, 
> too. Hmmmm, of course I was told this by a salesman, but if there is any 
> risk of static discharge while I'm installing it, I't'd be likely I'd 
> wipe out the new stick, question mark?  (He recommended I bring it in, 
> for a total cost of about $135! <grin>)  So besides a rubber mat under 
> my feet and on the work table, what would I need to insure against that 
> happening?  I have wall-to-wall carpeting, so I think the risk may be 
> there...

There's always some risk, but mostly on cold winter days with low 
humidity.  And you can mitigate that risk by not moving around (or 
shuffling your feet on the carpet) and staying in semi-constant contact 
with the computer chassis.  Other then that, I rarely take any 
additional precautions during the 30 seconds between taking the memory 
chip out of the packaging and putting it into the machine.  (Holding the 
memory chip by the edges as much as possible.)

Not sure what exactly model eMachines you have... but I would guess that 
it could be a W3107?  Not sure if it's running fast (PC3200) or slow 
(PC2700) memory, but I see prices in the $65 range for a 512MB chip from 
Memory4Less.

(Take careful note of Memory4Less's return policy.  It used to be 
somewhat stiff and unforgiving although I never had any big problems. 
It's been a few years since I ordered from them.)

Corsair and Kingston (name-brand RAM) are about $55-$65 from NewEgg. You 
can go to the Kingston/Corsair websites, plug in your eMachines model 
number and they'll tell you what exactly to purchase.

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