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more memory
I have been told that I could use some more memory
I currently have 32 megs of sdram the markings on the chip all say
LGJ
GM72216821BT10K
9739 KOREA
there is 8 chips on each side does this mean 2*8 32 MBram
what speed is the memory?
my question is what do I need to know to get the right upgrade? I would like 64 megs I have one empty 168 pin slot and 4 72 pin empty.
is 72 edo ram better or equal to 168 sdram what the performance diffrtences, and when I to get more memory what else do I need to do to put it in?
I currently have 32 megs of sdram the markings on the chip all say
LGJ
GM72216821BT10K
9739 KOREA
there is 8 chips on each side does this mean 2*8 32 MBram
what speed is the memory?
my question is what do I need to know to get the right upgrade? I would like 64 megs I have one empty 168 pin slot and 4 72 pin empty.
is 72 edo ram better or equal to 168 sdram what the performance diffrtences, and when I to get more memory what else do I need to do to put it in?
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I have only one 32mb sdram (there is 8 chips on each side of this one chip)not two 16mb sdram.
Do I still only have to get one 32mb sdram?
if so in theory I could just walk into wal-mart and get the 32 meg 168 pin pny brand memory upgrade and come home and open the computer up, plug in the new memory close up the computer boot it up and I would up and rolling with 64 mb ram?
Do I still only have to get one 32mb sdram?
if so in theory I could just walk into wal-mart and get the 32 meg 168 pin pny brand memory upgrade and come home and open the computer up, plug in the new memory close up the computer boot it up and I would up and rolling with 64 mb ram?
Sorry - I forgot the '8 chips on each side' part.
Yes - it should be as simple as that.Nothing changes.Just add another 32MB Sdram.There's always the chance of an incompatability with your new Sdram,but it's not likely.You'll probably NEVER find an exact duplicate of your existing Sdram.
Just make sure it's 'SDRAM',100MHZ,'4-64' (=32MB,no parity).If all that's available is '4-72' (=32MB,with parity,9 chips per side) that will work also.Costs a couple dollars more,and you don't need nor will use the parity feature.
Yes - it should be as simple as that.Nothing changes.Just add another 32MB Sdram.There's always the chance of an incompatability with your new Sdram,but it's not likely.You'll probably NEVER find an exact duplicate of your existing Sdram.
Just make sure it's 'SDRAM',100MHZ,'4-64' (=32MB,no parity).If all that's available is '4-72' (=32MB,with parity,9 chips per side) that will work also.Costs a couple dollars more,and you don't need nor will use the parity feature.
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Thank you, until next time RB
edo ram is not as fast as sdram, and having both edo and sdram on your computer can cause many configuration problems. the simplest solution and fastest is just to buy another 32 mb sdram chip and pput that in.
after you put it in, you don't have to do anything at all. the bios will autodetect the extra ram and test it. if you have made any changes to your virtual memory settings or the like you might want to adjust it to take into account the extra memory, but this is not necessary if you never twiddled with your memory setting sbefore.
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