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| 164698 | 2003-08-02 07:38:00 | I have an HP 7400 which does nearly everything I want but slowly.It has 16MB of EDO Ram. Can I add more and how do I know what to get and where do I get it? The only other thing I would like to change is the 33.6kps internal modem. Any advise would be much appreciated. Roger Left. |
Roger Left (4354) | ||
| 164699 | 2003-08-02 10:29:00 | EDO RAM is getting a bit hard to find (and expensive). You could try TradeMe (www.trademe.co.nz). I would not bother upgrading the 33kbps modem to 56kbps personally. You will not get a big performance gain for your dollars. |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 164700 | 2003-08-02 11:19:00 | I agree with JohnD on both: EDO RAM would be hard to find and probably quite expensive, but you'd probably need to try either a specialist computer shop (eg not Dick Smith or Noel Leemings) or somewhere like Trademe (for secondhand). If you wanted to up your 33k modem to 56k you'll probably need to get an ISA modem which are quite hard to find these days, and might be quite expensive. If you've got PCI slots in your machine, you don't want to buy a PCI 56k modem unless you get a (quite expensive) hardware modem, as your PC won't be powerful enough to run it. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 164701 | 2003-08-02 11:23:00 | Do you still have the motherboard manual? If so, it should have a chart or description as to what ram it can take. I changed ram in an AMD K6 233Mhz from 2 modules of 16Mb EDO (SIMMS), to one module of SD 128Mb,(DIMM) and it worked well. As it was the first time that I had changed ram, and was unsure of myself, I took the manual with me to the shop (DSE) and discussed it with them. I was worried about going from EDO to SD. As far as I could make out, the chart seemed to say it would be OK, so by taking the manual to the shop I got it confirmed face to face. Also, it put the onus on them in the case of any incompatibility upon installation. Cheers :) |
exLL (515) | ||
| 164702 | 2003-08-02 13:58:00 | I have some old EDO RAM sticks, either 8MB or 16 MB lying about I think, if it would be worth it. J. |
Jester (13) | ||
| 164703 | 2003-08-02 14:11:00 | Hi, I've some edo ram, up to 4x 32MB if you are intrested. Mobo details would help confirm if it will be suitable though. |
Curious George (3535) | ||
| 164704 | 2003-08-02 16:57:00 | I have an ISA 56k modem if interested - perfy condition | Greg S (201) | ||
| 164705 | 2003-08-02 22:52:00 | I have some EDO ram but the are 168 pin EDO 4 x 32 meg stick and they cost a fortune even now | Odin (227) | ||
| 164706 | 2003-08-03 04:26:00 | Thanks to everyone for their help.I don't think I will worry about the modem and I can see that I need to get a manual before I think about adding RAM. Roger Left. |
Roger Left (4354) | ||
| 164707 | 2003-08-03 08:45:00 | > Thanks to everyone for their help.I don't think I > will worry about the modem and I can see that I need > to get a manual before I think about adding RAM. > Roger Left. You should be able to get the RAM information without a manual by entering the make and model of your motherboard into the Google search engine. Cheers :) |
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