Dianne, there's no way I'd describe your installing extra ram as 'easy' - personally I hate trying to analyse older machines and correctly guess the ram type, as there's too many ways it can be screwed up.
Modern DDR ram is a breeze - older stuff can be any one of 30 -40 types or sizes. Even if you get what seems to be the right type, it might run ok to begin with but later on cause inconsistent and hard-to-trace lockups and crashes.
In your case, the first thing I'd do would be try to correctly identify your motherboard. Then I'd go looking online for a downloadable manual - that's assuming you don't already have one on hand, of course.
I'd also go online and see if I could find the mobo maker's website. There should be information there about the type of ram that suits your board.
But by far the best way would be to take your box to your local computer serviceman and let him sort it out. Or, arm yourself with all the info you can find about your mobo, and get your friendly dealer to buy in what you need.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Diane Duncan
Subject: [PCBUILD] Installing more memory help
Hello,
I need more memory, as I'm getting into graphics,
with a focus on the Macromedia Studio MX suite of products.
I used Belarc to id what's here, but can't seem to get my head
around what to order, in terms of memory; nor can I get a
handle on translating what Crucial says my system can take,
as I read what Belarc says my system is.
From another list:
>Installing memory on any system is VERY easy, and is explained in detail
>at
>www.crucial.com and if you use their wizard, you should be able to find
>the
>minimum and maximum RAM for your system. Also, your system can easily be
>identified by installing the Belarc Advisor, which you will find a link
>for
>on Crucial's website.
Here's what I have:
Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222) Intel Corporation Complete System
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1000 megahertz Intel Pentium III
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Intel Corporation D815EEA
AAA45884-401
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Intel Corp. EA81510A.86A.0040.P09.0011141019 11/14/2000
Drives Memory Modules
40.48 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
30.04 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
ATAPI CD-RW 52XMax [CD-ROM drive]
TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1502 [CD-ROM drive]
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")
Generic IDE hard disk drive (40.48 GB) -- drive 0 256 Megabytes Installed
Memory
Slot 'DIMM0' has 256 MB
Slot 'DIMM1' is Empty
Slot 'DIMM2' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes
c: (on drive 0) 3.71 GB 1.31 GB free
d: (on drive 0) 36.77 GB 28.72 GB free
Here's what Crucial's wizard says:
<http://www.crucial.com/crucial/pvtcontent/memorytype.asp?model=&memtype=CHOOSE>
Does this mean that I can put up to a total of 1000 megabytes of memory
widgets
into those DIMM slots? Would it be smarter if I just went to Intel's site
and looked?
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