shadow1100mfp Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 i've got my media center pc all built mostly; but i only have 128 mb of ram in it at the moment; is there a way to tell how much is the max. the mother board allows? its an older pc but runs windows xp great on 128 mb ram (its sd ram im almost certain, but i havn't checked for a while), and theres a sale on it at my local circuitcity (2x512 for $60), and thats the best i've seen it at for a while so if i can take that much ill pick up the 2; btu if not ill just live with the 1x512 ram, but i want to find out before i go pick it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Read the manual... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothCriminal Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Do a google search on the Mobo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natural_orange Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 there is no way to tell from just looking at the board. Most motherboards will support at least 1GB, but it really depends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow1100mfp Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 Read the manual... ? it's over 10 years old; closer to 12 years actually; the chances of me finding the manuals that came with it are smaller than me winning the lottery and finding the keys to a Lamborghini on the same day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow1100mfp Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 there is no way to tell from just looking at the board. Most motherboards will support at least 1GB, but it really depends. i know you cant tell by looking at the board; but i was wondering if maybe there was a program that would tell you what the board could handle; i guess i could use cpuz or everest and just look up the board; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 CPUZ will be your best bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakey Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 um there is an online checker that will tell you the best posible combination of ram for your motherboard i'll look for the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I'm guessing it will be PC66 SDRAM, which is old hat these days. I'm even throwing away DDR1 memory atm because its to old for me to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor512 Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 do you have a copy of everest home. it will tell you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow1100mfp Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 I'm guessing it will be PC66 SDRAM, which is old hat these days. I'm even throwing away DDR1 memory atm because its to old for me to use. its not pc66; it says pc100 i believe on the memory sticker; the whole sticker says P/N 71.73323.115 S/N 1199501-00693 128mb UNB PC100 apacer i googled it and the only site i can find is in italian and its some guy selling it; he doesn't say what type it is just the numbers and brand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Gerling Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Use everest or google the s/n on the motherboard itself. There should be some sort of identifying marks on the mobo though, manufacturer, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow1100mfp Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 Use everest or google the s/n on the motherboard itself. There should be some sort of identifying marks on the mobo though, manufacturer, etc. ill check; it is a standard m/b from compaq back when windows ME was in full swing (maybe a year before xp came out i think) another problem im having with this memory thing is the installation of xp; i have it set to boot from cd drive, floppy then harddrive but it skips over both cd and floppy straight to hardware; i have installed a new dvd burner into it and was planning on installing it using that, should i put the original drive back in and use that to install winxp? or is it the memory, because the memory is the original also maybe its gone bad or been shocked (its been left in during a lightning storm before; but i know the rest of the parts are ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiffware Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 well if he has 128 it sounds real old i say no more then 500meg but that u would have to look up on the net like everyone else says.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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