sites like http://www.crucial.com and http://www.oempcworld.com have memory
configurators that if you have a well known brand computer, hp, compaq,
dell, gateway, acer..... and have the model number you can look it up by
that.  If it's 168 pin dimm, they're all gold pin and I don't know how
important ecc and parity are for them, just the pc100 part that you said you
knew.

If you don't have a well known brand computer, you can download the belarc
advisor http://www.crucial.com/Support/belarc_download.asp
which will scan your computer and TELL you what kind of memory is on it.

hope this helps,
Bob Kupferer


>From: Al Thompson <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] memory upgrade
>Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 01:00:18 -0700
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Michaels"
>Subject: [PCBUILD] memory upgrade
>
>
> > I have an AMD K7 700Mhz processor. My computer takes PC100 memory. That
>is all I know about the memory, I do not
>have a manual on the motherboard. I would like to upgrade from 196mb to
>512mb. I ordered 512mb PC100 from Kingston.
>When I received and installed it, it did not work. How do you find exactly
>what you need for memory without a
>manual? ECC, NON ECC, Parity, NON Parity and so on.
>
>Check out the "Upgrade your RAM with the Memory Selector" here:
>http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files009.shtml
>
>Al Thompson
>
>                          PCBUILD's List Owners:
>                       Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]>
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