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03-02-2003, 05:14 PM
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Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Birmingham, UK
Distribution: Redhat 8.0, Immunix 7.0 a few others
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Can I add 256MB to my 64MB RAM?
This is actually not a Linux question - mods feel free to move the post. Although it applies equally to Linux. My father runs Windows 2000 (don't ask where I got it) which I installed with only 64MB RAM installed!! Yelp.
So he's buying a 256MB stick of SDRAM, but does that mean he can't use the 64MB any more? The computer has 3 slots so there's space for it.
Would the system have any problems with 64MB + 256MB being installed? I can't see any problem, but then again, I've never seen a system with 320MB RAM.
Am I missing something ?
Thanks.
Q*Bert
PS. It's a simple question I know. But I like asking simple questions.
Last edited by Q*Bert; 03-02-2003 at 05:15 PM.
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03-02-2003, 05:17 PM
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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
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nope, should be fine.
mind you my p200 system, which is on edo simms has started "Warning" me that is have 72mb of ram since i hadded a spare 8mb to the 74. but you should have a problem at all. they used to need to be the same speed (i.e 100 or 133) but size was never important afaik
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03-02-2003, 05:18 PM
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As long as the RAM is the same type pc100/pc133 or DDR and the slots take it, he's fine. I have 320 for a while. Now I've got 640, no problems. Some mobo man's will have a max of 512MB but that's more than 320 (obviously) so I don't see any problems.
Cool
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03-02-2003, 05:23 PM
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Wooooah! Easy lads! Youza quick tonite!
I'll let him know. Thanks. 
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03-02-2003, 09:09 PM
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lol pretty cool frum huh???
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03-03-2003, 02:21 PM
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One thing to watch out for if it is an old computer (as most with only 64MB are) is the density of the RAM.
Many older motherboards will only accept low density RAM, while almost all newly produced RAM modules (of almost any speed and size) are high density. Putting high density won't break it, it just won't work
Jkrohn
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