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Offline Tmac7

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Finding out what kinda Ram to get
« on: January 11, 2009, 08:50:02 PM »
 OK I want to get 4gb of Ram but someone told me you have to know the kinda mother board and the kind of brand my computer will accept. Any ideas on how to tell what brand or type to use? And then someone told me it wont help if u have a bad processor I have a 1.8 ghz processor
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Re: Finding out what kinda Ram to get
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2009, 09:01:51 PM »
http://www.overclock.net/downloads/138137-cpu-z.html

click link, download file. CPUz will let you know.




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Re: Finding out what kinda Ram to get
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2009, 09:14:32 PM »
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Re: Finding out what kinda Ram to get
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2009, 09:21:05 PM »
From what I've Googled, his Compaq has an Asus board.  The A8M2N-LA to be exact.  Most RAM brands shouldn't be a problem.  You'll need DDR2 and your computer has two DIMM slots.  Also your motherboard only supports a maximum of 2GB of ram.  So you cannot get the 4gb you want.

This Crucial 2gb is a really good deal. $17.99 and Free Shipping.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146526

Here is the Compaq specifications support page on your motherboard.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00757470&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=3239113
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Re: Finding out what kinda Ram to get
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2009, 09:22:18 PM »
go to www.crucial.com and download and run their memory scanner.

It will take a minute to figure out what your system is and what memory you have and what you can take. They offer a money-back guarantee that any RAM you order from them that is identified by their scanner will work.

Plus they have great ram at great prices. Problem solved!

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Re: Finding out what kinda Ram to get
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2009, 05:38:42 AM »
ok thanks and well 2gb's is better than 250mb's
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Re: Finding out what kinda Ram to get
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2009, 03:00:23 PM »
Quote from: Tmac7 on January 12, 2009, 05:38:42 AM
ok thanks and well 2gb's is better than 250mb's

FYI, you have 2x256MB memory sticks in your PC, giving you 512MB.
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Re: Finding out what kinda Ram to get
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2009, 06:39:10 PM »
oh ok :) makes sense.
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