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| 270967 | 2004-09-10 08:52:00 | A mate has a Packard Bell iMedia D8170NDW computer that has 128MB PC 133 SD RAM that he wants to upgrade by another 128MB . Looking around on Pricespy there appears to be quite a few differnt flavours of PC 133 SD RAM . On Ascents website they say that: "Most Generic RAM does not work with name brand machines (especially older models) and it's always worthwhile using Kingston RAM which is certified to work . " Under the Kingston page they then say: Kingston RAM cannot normally be returned for credit or a refund if it is not faulty . If you are unsure whether or not this module is compatible with your PC, please check with us before ordering . So I did . After emailing them with the CPU & ChipSet of the Motherboard they then declared that a stick of 128MB compatible ram is going to cost $168 !!! :O Are these PB computer's that fussy with what RAM they take? ?:| |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 270968 | 2004-09-10 09:04:00 | With Packard Bell, "Caveat Emptor" has quite a few Caveats more than other brands. If anything works in one of these euro-dogs, you may consider yourself fortunate. They appear to be the import equivalent of The PC Co. Actually, I don't really like them much. R2 |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 270969 | 2004-09-10 09:43:00 | What kind of motherboard does it use (manufacturer)? Without looking I'm sure they probably use something like an Asus. So if you can find out the motherboard manufacturer (Everest Home Edition will help), then look up that motherboard and see what RAM works with it. Then you head off to Tardme and get some new RAM for 1/4 the cost. :) |
Pillar (439) | ||
| 270970 | 2004-09-10 09:59:00 | Ice, where are you, city burb, smiths have 512 for $170-00, some one in your village must have a stick from another machine you can try. |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 270971 | 2004-09-10 10:51:00 | > What kind of motherboard does it use (manufacturer)? > Without looking I'm sure they probably use something > like an Asus . So if you can find out the motherboard > manufacturer (Everest Home Edition will help), then > look up that motherboard and see what RAM works with > it . I ran AIDA on it the other day and got the following: CPU Type: Intel Pentium 4, 1700 MHz (4 . 25 x 400) Motherboard Name: Unknown Motherboard Chipset: Intel Brookdale i845 System Memory: 128 MB (PC133 SDRAM) Need to get new RAM, not used I think . Mate doesn't want/need to go any higher than 256MB as the PC isn't used for much more than a browsing/word processor machine . Definitely needs more than 128MB as its too slooooow with just that much . All I really want to know is how fussy PB is about what RAM it requires . |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 270972 | 2004-09-10 11:15:00 | Ice, no matter what non manufacturer ram you put in, some will allways be spat back . Its the nature of the game, which is why i sujested try something/anything used first . If there are/may be problems then there is your indicator . Buying mew ram, unless your board will not support, why buy less than 512 . the dollar difference between 256/512 is so neglible it is not relevant, M/S is a ram hungry mo fu, the more you give, the more it wants . That cpu with xp/2k would work well with 1G ram . |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 270973 | 2004-09-10 11:35:00 | Hi Fire-and-Ice, I have a Packard Bell and found no problems with installing RAM from DSE. The DSE RAM is normally Legend and if you ask them whether you can return it they usually have no worries. They currently have 128MB sticks for $87, so I would say go for it. :) HTH |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 270974 | 2004-09-11 05:21:00 | Thanks Gorela. Said machine appears to accepted its arranged marriage to a DSE stick of RAM and is running sweetly so far. :-) >HTH It did indeed. ;-) |
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