[aklug] Re: Upgrading DDR2 RAM

lshw run as root should give you the mobo information you need to
research what memory you nee.

Jim G

On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 18:11 -0900, Christopher Howard wrote:
> On 01/10/11 07:40, adam bultman wrote:
> >
> > On 01/09/2011 11:34 PM, Christopher Howard wrote:
> >>>>> 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
> >>>
> > Just a note there, Christopher - DDR != DDR2.
> >
> > What you have there is DDR. The thread subject is for DDR2. Perhaps I
> > missed something overnight, but had you bought DDR2, you would have had
> > some paperweights.
> >
> > On another note, in the motherboard I had that took PC3200, if I used
> > matching modules, it would do dual-channel, but if I did all four
> > sticks, dual channel, it would drop the speed of the RAM from 400 MHz to
> > 333 MHz (And I don't know why, either.)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Thanks for catching that. It turns out that the manual I found is
> worthless: the manual was for my computer model, but the actual
> motherboard inside is a different one than what is described in the
> manual. (...sigh...)
>
> Tried again, this time just comparing against the specs of the RAM
> actually in it. I believe that this would work:
>
> http://www.memorydepot.com/details.asp?id=DR2533NU004%2F1GB%2FK
>
> That's DDR2 533Mhz PC2-4200 240PIN. I would like to get the EEC version
> of that:
>
> http://www.memorydepot.com/details.asp?id=DR2533ER004%2F1GB%2FL
>
> However, the RAM currently working in the computer is not EEC, so I
> haven't the slightest clue whether or not that would work.
>

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Received on Mon Jan 10 18:27:25 2011