Kiteboyza 4 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Been on Crucial and it cant tell me as its a Ebay built machine, just wanna chuck some more RAM in it. these are the stats I have Maximum Memory Capacity: 4096 MB Currently Installed Memory: 1024 MB Available Memory Slots: 1 Number of Banks: 2 Dual Channel Support: N.A. CPU Manufacturer: GenuineIntel CPU Family: Intel® Pentium® Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz Model 15, Stepping 13 CPU Speed: 1995 MHz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iant84 0 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Can't tell you much from that, crack the case open and see if there's a sticker on the stick of ram that's already in there detailing what it is, if not, the motherboard should have a brand name and model number written on it somewhere and the manufacturers site should have the type of ram required. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lem 9 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Assuming it's a desktop machine, then you'd be looking at 667Mhz (or higher) DDR2 SDRAM. If it's a laptop, then DDR2 SODIMM. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kiteboyza 4 Posted August 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 yeah its a desk top Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marman 1 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 As Lem says there ref desktop, Available Memory Slots: 1 - Sounds like you have 1gb Module Number of Banks: 2 Either add another 1gb module (identical and run dual channel) Or take out the 1gb and add 2 x 2gb sticks something like http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146049 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-Olly- 0 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 like the one maramn linked but it dont have to be OCZ - expensive for what it is Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MadAndy71 42 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 And what is this about XP only being able to utilise X amount of RAM. Above that limit it will not make any difference. I have XP and been advised to leave it at 1.5gig. On Vista though, you could wack it right up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GrolschUK 0 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 You will be best opening the side to confirm what the report says. From what it suggests there are 2 memory slots, one of them is occupied, with the maximum per slot being 2gb each. If feeling brave, pop the current stick out and see what it says on it. Things to look for would be either DDR2-553 (667/800) or PC2-4200 (5300/6400) Both of which mean the same thing, but a different way of writing it. Get another 1gb of the same speed and your away. Or, for the sake of 50 quid, get a 2x2gb kit, such as Crucial PN: CT2KIT25664AA667 And replace the lot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marman 1 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 ps.. XP 32bit will only see 3.25gb ram out of 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GrolschUK 0 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 To Answer MadAndy Any 32bit OS (XP or Vista) can only reference 4gb of memory in total, including your graphics card and anything else with memory to use. So stick 4gb in XP, and you will get somewhere between 3-3.5 usable by the operating system. I'd say doubling your current 1.5 would be worth it. Systems seem to run a bit better having 2 sticks the same size installed, especally if the motherboard is able to run in dual channel memory mode (able to access both banks at the same time, rather than just one) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MadAndy71 42 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 ps.. XP 32bit will only see 3.25gb ram out of 4 Cheers..so I could up my 1.5 but dont exceed 3 gig say. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marman 1 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 I would personally exceed the 4gb (I did on my xp32bit) running dual channel should in theory be faster than leaving an empty slot and mix n matching ram My Pc was much faster running 4gb on XP than the 2gb before hand, likewise now on 64bit I have a machine with 4gbram and another with 6gb ram - although only a very select amount of applications are attemping to utalise all my ram Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan Masochist 0 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 If your just after a bit more performance for general media/ web browsing then put some of this ram in there 2gb is more than enough, Very good for the price. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-072-OC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Orange 0 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Better off with G Skill - well worth it, comparitively cheap and excellent value: http://www.memoryc.co.uk/products/description/4GB_G_Skill_DDR2_PC2_8500_TT-PI-Series-5_5_5_15-Dual_Channel_kit_w-PI_Heatsinks/index.html Make sure you choose the correct type though! Find the details for the motherboard and with that info. look up online as to which type. As someone has mentioned most likely to be DDR2 SDRAM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
herbs 0 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 knowing ebay it will be cheapish ram in there dude but as said b4 just pop the case open and have a look . do you know what motherboard you have in there as then u could see wots compatable Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lily william 0 Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 why don't you increase computer memory or your machine memory. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
igeighty 1,087 Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 Hi @Lily william you know the irony is the DDR2 memory now would be more expensive now than it was back then :) trying to source new DDR2 for servers is pretty tricky welcome to Extremekites. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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