Mansfield
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| posted on 30/7/08 at 08:36 PM |
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PC2100 RAM, what do all the specs mean?
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
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chris_smith
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| posted on 30/7/08 at 08:46 PM |
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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]
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Mansfield
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| posted on 30/7/08 at 09:12 PM |
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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
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james h
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| posted on 30/7/08 at 11:34 PM |
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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
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andyharding
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| posted on 31/7/08 at 06:55 AM |
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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/
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
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mcerd1
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| posted on 31/7/08 at 08:42 AM |
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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 )
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Mansfield
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| posted on 3/8/08 at 09:28 PM |
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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
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