He should check in the manual, I have a 2240.  It has a caution note stating I
need to use 10-nanosecond or 100 mhz SDRAM,  DIMMs.  Must support Serial
Presence Detect.  In addition, I called Compaq, I forget now if I needed the tin
pins, etc etc.  I didn't buy Compaq brand, even the rep said they were too steep
and any other brand as long as it was in line with the specs was fine.  He's
lucky I can't install any more and I only have 48 Megs.

"Patrick F. Aguila" wrote:

> Greetings Listmembers:
>
> A friend of mine is in the process of adding more memory to his Compaq 4816.
> After opening the case I realized how proprietary compaqs are. The system
> has 16MB of ram built in, and two available DIMM sockets. The system is a
> Pentium 233 MMX, so I know I don't need PC100 memory.
>
> What I want to know is that, since these computers are so proprietary, does
> it make a difference on which DIMM's he buys, or should I check with Compaq
> about special memory that they may use?
>
> He is running Windows 98, and at 16MB, it just isn't cutting it.
>
> TIA
>
> Patrick F. Aguila
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