[aklug] Re: Upgrading DDR2 RAM

On 01/09/11 23:26, Christopher Howard wrote:
> On 01/09/11 17:52, Arthur Corliss wrote:
>> On Sun, 9 Jan 2011, Christopher Howard wrote:
>>
>>> Can I do that? Does having a motherboard with DDR2 RAM in it mean you
>>> can take any DDR2 RAM?
>> No. Your motherboard will determine what specific DDR2 you can support.
>> The most pertinent specifications are the number of ranks and the module
>> data width.
>>
>> And even then, some of us (read: me) have bastardized chinese boards that
>> make stupid demands like, say, supporting 2GB DIMMs, but only *one* in a two
>> slot board, so the max supported RAM is 3GB. <grumble> For those of you
>> buying motherboards, read *all* the small print in the manual before
>> purchasing...
>>
>> --Arthur Corliss
>> Live Free or Die
>> ---------
>> To unsubscribe, send email to <aklug-request@aklug.org>
>> with 'unsubscribe' in the message body.
>>
> (Amazingly enough) I found an online manual for my motherboard. It is a
> FOXCONN LS-36. Specs say it takes 400-MHz DDR SDRAM, fours connectors,
> with slots for either 128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, or 1 GB non-ECC. Minimum
> memory 256 MB, maximum 4 GB.
>
> Whew... glad I didn't buy that 8 GB set. 4 GB isn't quite as much as I
> hoped, but I should be able to get the most performance-intensive
> sections of the OS moved over to RAM space. So far I've done all the
> binaries. If I can get the /usr/share stuff and the /home directories
> moved over that should make a pretty big practical difference.
>
Hmm, not sure, do I need to buy two pairs of this dual-channel?:

http://www.amazon.com/PNY-Channel-Desktop-Modules-MD2048KD1-400/dp/B000F6KQ7G/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1294648120&sr=8-2

Or do I buy 4 of these?:

http://www.amazon.com/PNY-OPTIMA-PC3200-Desktop-MD1024SD1-400/dp/B00076ZUZM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1294648120&sr=8-3

-- 
frigidcode.com
theologia.indicium.us
---------
To unsubscribe, send email to <aklug-request@aklug.org>
with 'unsubscribe' in the message body.