RAM question

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900mhz amd
128mb ram
60gb hd
gf2 ti
win ME
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My question is this, I know I have 128mb ram, but i dont know exactly what type I have or how many sticks I have. Are there any programs out there that could possibly tell me what type of ram how many sticks and if the sticks need to be doubled, etc.

The reason I ask this, is my bro just bought battlefield 1942 last night and I couldnt play the demos with such a low amount of ram (i know i pass the minimum specs and can play, but i would end up playing in lowest detail of everything, I mean come on who wants to do that). And since everyone keeps saying how good it is I wanted to try it to.

thanks in advance
 
Belarc will usually sho you how many slots you have as well as how many sticks you have installed and what size each stick is.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

I know of no program that will tell you if the installed sticks are pc100 or pc133. To the best of my knowledge you would have to look at the sticks themselves.

Your Bios often will tell you if your motherboard supports PC100 or PC133, some BIOS's will even show you how many sticks you have installed.
 
The min specs are a 500mhz... you pass fine.

Seeing as RAM is backwards compatible you can buy Pc133 and stick it in there.

In your BIOS I would think it would tell you the ram clock speed and the multiplier?
 
okay so the belarc advisor told what i already know, that i have 128mb ram

so i went into bios and here is what it said

Installed Memory 128
Memory Bank 0 Not Installed
Memory Bank 1 128Mb SDram
Memory Bank 2 Not Installed

So i am assuming that I have 3 slots for ram from what it says, so I guess that means that the 128mb SDram is on one stick... please correct me if I'm wrong.
 
SiSoftware Sandra will tell you everything you need to know, even the make and clock speeds.--use mainboard info--
 
i have another question for ya guys. I was going to go tomorrow to buy somemore ram, does it really matter how big of a stick i buy? I mean do i have to buy another stick of 128mb or can it be smaller? i was planning on a 128mb. suggestions?
 
It would beneficial to buy RAM with the same bus speed. Different bus speed on 2 or more sticks of RAM can cause all sorts of problems. 128 SD RAM should be alright.
 
Since the price of ram is so cheap, I would get the most i could afford, but since your running Me-anything over 512 is a waste.
I would also place the ram with the highest megs in the 0 bank, since this bank is accessed first. Also is you have any interleave in your bios, activate it. 2 or 4(even better) way interleave can increase your ram memory bandwidth by 12-27%. If you don't have interleave and run certain via chipsets, there is a Interleave driver posted in the tweaks area.(Check and see if your chipset is listed there). Also since you are running ME ,I have now learned how to enable many memory tweaks for Me. Me does not come with access to the config.sys and system.ini files like 95 & 98 does but I learned how to get around this. I will post it soon in Tweakers Sanatorium.
 
well why isnt the other stick in the 0 bank?

when i go to put it in will they labeled or will i have to set it up in bios?

would pc133 or pc100 work as well, my brother said it did but im not sure.

about the bus size, do i have to buy a specific type of sd ram, or is there only one type, by type i mean the bus size
 
Originally posted by Alpha122
It would beneficial to buy RAM with the same bus speed. Different bus speed on 2 or more sticks of RAM can cause all sorts of problems. 128 SD RAM should be alright.
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In theory it doesn't matter. In theory, if they are different speeds, the it will work fine, but you will slow everything to the lowest common denominator. If you have PC100 in there, you can probably install PC133 (more widely available now) but it will only run at 100mhz. That's fine.

However for some weird reason, RAM isn't made to a perfect standard and the more different the sticks are, the more likely you are to have problems. Ideally you can get them all from the same 'batch' by the same manufacturer. That's not usually possible when upgrading so you try to come as close as you can.

But if all you can find is 256MB of PC133-- well it will probably work just fine. A lot of places don't even sell 128MB DIMMs anymore (you can find it online fairly easily though.) In theory they are 100% compatible -- in real life its maybe 90%


RAM will be automatically detected by the system, you don't have to configure it.
 
One other note, check the manual on your motherboard, some motherboards will not support single 512 meg sticks. Also some motherboards limit the maximum amount of memory you should install on them.
 
Post the moddle of your motherboard, there are people here who can probably direct you to a URL for the manual.
 
no need now, i went to bestbuy and got a stick of pc133 128mb sdram for $12.99.

let me tell you people hp's are a pain in the ass to work on, i spent 10 mins just trying to get to the ram slots, just to figure out that i have only 2 instead of 3 slots like the bios said i had... is this a miscalculation on the bios or what?

im up to 256 now, but i dont really notice any difference in load speeds or anything really.
 
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