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Author Topic: Upgrading to as much RAM as the OS can understand?! Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 09-12-2007 01:04 PM                     quote: Intel Coppermine Pentium III 733MHz (256KB), 64MB, 10GB 5400RPM IDE HDD, PCI Microtower (3x4), Intel 810e, Accton 10/100 Ethernet, Windows 98SE ...being a microtower, I bet that this has the microATX momboard installed, which takes not even a 200w power supply to run the thing. Probably uses P-100 RAM. Time to build one, I'm afraid...not worth the hassle to do anything with it if you're plan on building a screamer machine.  |  IP: Logged Andrew McCrea Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 645 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Registered: Nov 2000 posted 09-15-2007 09:40 AM                        Maybe I should bring this computer in to have them install the RAM... That way, when they can't get it to work and they tell me that, I can say they sold me the RAM with the understanding it would.  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-20-2007 11:13 PM                     Try one stick in one slot, and see if it will start. Then try the same stick in the other slot. If you can run either stick in either slot, there's some oddball incompatibility in the sticks vs the motherboard keeping both from working together. I would expect almost any 256 PC100 sticks should work, both should be the same though. There was an issue with "banks", the 1810 only supports 4 banks - Intel limited the memory possible to avoid cannabalizing their workstation chipset market by selling a desktop chipset that could take enough memory for workstation applications. My recollection is that 256 sticks could be either 1 or 2 bank: either should be OK. If somehow you have 4 bank sticks (if they exist?) you can only use one in the i810. Kingston and Crucial (sweet memory brands) have online product selectors that bring up "guaranteed compatible" products. Your system has only one compatible 256 stick listed at either site... suggesting there are maybe very few different DIMM sticks made now or that your system has some peculiar requirements.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 09-21-2007 10:03 PM                        Buffered quad-rank modules exist. Unbuffered modules are only available in single and dual ranks.  |  IP: Logged

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