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PC2100 RAM, what do all the specs mean?
Mansfield - 30/7/08 at 08:36 PM

My Dad tells me he needs some more RAM in his Evesham Axis 1400, he says it has 64Mb but I think it should have 256Mb in. 64Mb is the graphics card I hope.

The motherboard should be this: ASUS A7M266:

http://www.firingsquad.com/media/article_image.asp/803/1

It only has two slots so I was thinking one 1Gb stick either with or without the 256Mb currently in should perk it up a bit.

I have not got a clue what all the CL, ECC, buffered stuff means. Could anyone recommend a purchase from this page please.

http://www.ebuyer.com/cat/Memory---Desktop/subcat/DDR-266MHz

I would love to say this 'old' school technology is too yesterday for me, but the truth is my PC uses PC133 and this new fangled PC2100 stuff is a bit beyond me.

Thanks


chris_smith - 30/7/08 at 08:46 PM

only 64mb, if it has 2 slots then id get 2 sticks x 1gb, check with asus for compatabily, i built complete pc using bits from HERE very quick turn around and after sales advice/help
fully recomended
this link should take you to a page which shows compatible ram for that motherboard
hth
chris


http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.aspx?model=A7M266&pl=asus&cat=

[Edited on 30/7/08 by chris_smith]


Mansfield - 30/7/08 at 09:12 PM

Thats a bloody good link, one 1Gb stick it is then. The PC doesn't get hard use, 1Gb should be plenty.

Thank you Chris


james h - 30/7/08 at 11:34 PM

Ouchhhh at that avatar Chris!

Yeah, you should be getting a 1gb stick of RAM, it shouldn't be too expensive as prices are falling all the time

James


andyharding - 31/7/08 at 06:55 AM

There is a tool on the Crucial site that will tell you what RAM you need and you can buy online. In my opinion RAM doesn't get much better either - in 8 years in the IT industry I've never had a failure of Crucial RAM.

http://crucial.com/uk/


mcerd1 - 31/7/08 at 08:42 AM

asus are normaly quite good at telling you whats compatable

look in the MB manual (download it here: http://support.asus.com/ and get the latest driver while your there )


Mansfield - 3/8/08 at 09:28 PM

1 Gb stick from Crucial arrived and fitted yesterday. PC is purring instead of groaning now. Excellent service from crucial.com, £25 - free delivery - here within 3 days, cant say fairer than that.

Thanks Chaps.

David