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Ram......what Ram??
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tejmar
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24. June 2006 @ 06:04 |
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Evening all, been playing with my new (2nd hand) notebook. First thing im doing in installing wifi!!!
Anyway to the point, the system is currently as follows-
Celeron CPU 2.60GHz
1.94GHz, 224 MB of Ram
I want to add some Ram, now how can I tell what sort of Ram to buy (cause im cheap, going to try and score 2nd hand off Ebay)and can I go straight up to 1024? Ive checked space availibility and have two slots.
I am getting lost with DDR, DDR2 etc, obviously buying of Ebay would like to research Ram required first.
Any input would be appreciated.
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ddp
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24. June 2006 @ 08:12 |
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what is the laptop capable of going to in ram? what does your manual say about type of ram? what is the make & model# of the laptop?
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24. June 2006 @ 08:30 |
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you will need to check which type of RAM it supports, althoguh I suspect you'd want DDR400 SODIMM.
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24. June 2006 @ 08:48 |
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tejmar
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24. June 2006 @ 15:56 |
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@ DDP, Laptop is an ASUS A2H, went to Asus website and downloaded manual, however when it came to replacing Ram/ HDD etc no information available other than "take to an authorised Asus technician"
@ sammorris / iPirate, will download now and post info.
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tejmar
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24. June 2006 @ 16:08 |
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System Model
ASUSTEK A2H/L 1.0
Main Circuit Board b
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A2H/L REV 1.xx
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software, Inc. 0213 04/29/2004
Memory Modules c,d
224 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'DIMM 1' has 256 MB
Slot 'DIMM 2' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes
c: (FAT32 on drive 0) 16.87 GB 8.25 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0) 11.23 GB 11.17 GB free
Operating System
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600)
Processor a
2.60 gigahertz Intel Celeron
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache
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24. June 2006 @ 16:09 |
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that program is very useful, i would guess you have a laptop model, ddr ram
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tejmar
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24. June 2006 @ 16:50 |
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Quote:
Front Side Bus (FSB) - This is the main information highway between your processor(CPU) and your memory. The faster the highway speed, the faster the memory you can use. You need to know your FSB speed in order to choose the correct Memory for your Machine.Quote:
Does this mean my "Bus Clock - 100mhz" or "processor 2.6Ghz"
Im guessing at this stage I can fit up to 1024mb of Ram with minimum specs of 266Mhz PC2100 DDR266?
Then I guess I need to know how many pins are involved?
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 24. June 2006 @ 16:51
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tejmar
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26. June 2006 @ 06:39 |
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Well , i have googled my system and existing ram and I am thinking I need a 200 pin? Any suggestions/ideas? does this sound right?
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26. June 2006 @ 08:34 |
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Generally I don't find the need to worry about pin numbers, there's a different pin number for each type anyway. if it's a laptop with DDR1 then get DDR1 SODIMM memory, if it's a laptop with DDR2 then get that. Simple really!
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26. June 2006 @ 08:52 |
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also, it is good to have the same size ram if you are getting two, so et 2 512MB or 2 1GB, not 1 512MB and 1 1GB. I dont know why but matching pairs is best,
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26. June 2006 @ 08:53 |
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Because then they interact better, and you also get more memory!
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tejmar
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3. July 2006 @ 16:02 |
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Thanks for your help guys!!! :)
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3. July 2006 @ 23:57 |
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No problem, is it all going well?
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tejmar
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4. July 2006 @ 02:55 |
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yeah, im trying to get a second hand bargain on Ebay (if bargains still exist!!)
Im hoping to score 1x 512, then another down the track.
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4. July 2006 @ 02:57 |
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pff, I would never look to ebay for RAM, but oh well!
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tejmar
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4. July 2006 @ 05:13 |
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dont think i will be either....only save about 20-30$
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4. July 2006 @ 05:15 |
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I would sell my old stuff on ebay gladly, but wouldn't trust it to buy stuff. Not things as sensitive as RAM.
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