Preserved Topic: RAM

I have a pentium 200 mmx and can't afford a upgrade at this time but ram is real cheap right now and was wondering how to find out what my system can take.

Currently I have 4 16meg edo chips 72 pin but I have 128 pin as well I do know I can not use both so The 64 has to come out the question is can a 256 chip go in since it appears to be the best buy at the moment at 79 dollars?

Any tips will be appreciated

As long as the pin count and bus speed is the same

I believe crucial.com has a feature where you can select your computer maker, then model and so on.. then it lists applicable chips with their prices and a nice "buy" button.

-cyoung a.k.a. Mad Cow Stank Ho

Have you checked your Mother Board manual. I've built many a PC from boards that had the same setup. Using the 128 pin bank disabled banks 2 & 3 of the 4 (0 1 2 3) 72 pin ones. Which means you might be able to keep 32 meg. But, you should be able to get a good price for that ram you already have. Well, Australia you would as it's rare as shit. But you not likely to get a decent price from an 'upgrade' shop as they usualy assume you don't know how much it's worth.

Just my thoughts..

everybody needs a swamp bear

hehe. i've just been working on an ixos-server with 1.4 gigs of ram. hehe

I've heard that on older machines, you have to do ram in pairs, you might want to check on that first.

If that's not the case, I hope someone else will correct me, I don't want to mislead you, just say'in what I heard.

- Resolutions, Of All My Fruitless Searches -

The 72 pin SIMM (Single Inline Memory Module) does have to be installed in pairs. However the 128pin DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module) does not have to be paired. Usually when you switch from SIMMs to DIMM you have to move a jumper or change a setting in the BIOS. I haven't seen many boards that let you use both (but they do exist).

READ THE MANUAL FIRST!!! I can't stress that enough, your board my not be able to use the amount of ram you plan to put on it, check first.




-It never hurts to always be right-

Not only do SIMMs have to be installed in pairs, some boards only support certain configurations (ex. 16 M x 2 but not 8 M x 4). You should definitely get the manual for your board. If you don't have it, look up your pc from whatever vendor you bought if from and they usually have system specs including the make of your motherboard. If you can, I'd recommend foregoing the SIMMs altogether and using strictly DIMMs.