Digidave Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 A friend of mine has a Dell computer. It only came with 256 MB of Ram. So I DL'd Everest Home Edition to get her specs.Motherboard CPU Type Intel Celeron D 320, 2400 MHz (18 x 133)Motherboard Name Dell Dimension 3000Motherboard Chipset Intel Morgan Hill i865GVSystem Memory 253 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)BIOS Type Phoenix (11/08/04)Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)This is the pertinent part of the specs. So when I'm looking for more RAM do I just look for PC3200 DDR SDRAM & that will aotomatically be compatible? Other than opening her computer up, where can I find out if I can just add another stick of RAM or if I have to replace the one or two that are there. Sorry, I didn't even think about looking inside her computer before I left her house. Or do all computers come with 4 slots? If she has 2 sticks of 128MB, do I have to get 2 more sticks of 128 or can I just get 1 stick of 256MB? I'm trying to obtain 512MB by the way. Any help to get me started would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sethook Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Can't go wrong getting the same speed memory here. System appears to have two memory slots so you will want to get one stick of 256 MB. Just make sure there is one open slot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aluvus Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 You want PC3200, and you should try to match the CAS latency (Dells are weirdly picky about this). I would stick with CL 3.0. And you want to stay under the maximum the system can support. That's really all you need to worry about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tg1911 Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Just plug in your specs, they'll give you options.CrucialKingstonCorsair Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Digidave Posted October 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Hey, Thanks everyone for the info. It's greatly appreciated!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.