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| 518227 | 2007-01-22 05:10:00 | Gee been off here way too long! travelling and work takes me off the net even if i work at a comp nearly 6-7 hrs a day Brother has purchased a new computer, and hes not very good with the hardware side of it, wants to increase ram, and the shop is wanting to charge $75 just to look at it to determine ram type....what a rip off! So before he takes it somewhere else is it possible to download something small to scan the computer and tell you all the hardware types brand etc you have, and to tell you this is what ram you have...so u can go back and say i want 512mb of this ram with this and this... Hope everyone's new year has started well too :) Chris |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 518228 | 2007-01-22 05:14:00 | Use Belarc advisor, or tell us what the mobo is. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 518229 | 2007-01-22 05:19:00 | Heya, Intel Celeron CPU 2.80ghz and currently 256mb ram and i think its shared coz it shows up at 226mb... |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 518230 | 2007-01-22 05:30:00 | Use this: www.crucial.com It's so easy and they will tell you what you've got, how to add and maximize it to your heart's content.... |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 518231 | 2007-01-22 05:44:00 | heya, he did that systems scanner, hes got 4 slots.... so hes basically able to get DDR ram? up to a max of 1gig per slot is that correct? 256 MB DDR PC3200 EMPTY EMPTY EMPTY Maximum Memory Capacity: 4096 MB Currently Installed Memory: 256 MB Available Memory Slots: 3 Number of Banks: 4 Dual Channel Support: N.A. CPU Manufacturer: GenuineIntel CPU Family: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz Model 4, Stepping 1 CPU Speed: 2800 MHz |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 518232 | 2007-01-22 05:50:00 | heya, he did that systems scanner, hes got 4 slots.... so hes basically able to get DDR ram? up to a max of 1gig per slot is that correct? 256 MB DDR PC3200 EMPTY EMPTY EMPTY Maximum Memory Capacity: 4096 MB Currently Installed Memory: 256 MB Available Memory Slots: 3 Number of Banks: 4 Dual Channel Support: N.A. CPU Manufacturer: GenuineIntel CPU Family: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz Model 4, Stepping 1 CPU Speed: 2800 MHz Correct 3200 is DDR 400 and the max is 4 GB. Up to 1 Gb in each slot. Altho if u get 4 1 GB simms, you won't get 4 GB if you're not using 2000 / XP +. As previous versions of Windows can't or don't support that much ram. It wouldn't matter what u get (256/512 etc) as it doesnt look like it supports dual channel, altho it should since its got 4 slots. Unless its pretty old. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 518233 | 2007-01-22 05:59:00 | it was purchased boxing day after xmas 2005....so just over a year old, hes found games that really suck up memory/power so hes expanding now, and xmas money has also been a reason lol... am helping him find some... am gonna recommend he get 2 x 256mb rams for now as they're pretty decent priced on trademe unless we find a gig ram as i think that would be pretty enough ram for him... hes using winxp home... |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 518234 | 2007-01-22 06:10:00 | Games? Forget 512 then - get at least 1Gb. | pctek (84) | ||
| 518235 | 2007-01-22 06:56:00 | What the hell? They charge for just looking at it for a mere few seconds? Burn their building, I say! | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 518236 | 2007-01-22 15:29:00 | yeh that shop......i'd avoid it they're rippin you off big time......to 'look' at the ram and ascertain what you need would take them less than 5mins......literally..... | drcspy (146) | ||
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