Totallyrad

Somethings not right with that. In your first post you said you have 256, but if you have sticks in all four slots either they are 64 each or your computer is not reading two of the sticks. I don't know if your's is one of these or not but some systems don't automatically read the additional memory, they have to be told it's there. I think a call to Dell with the info about the memory may be in order.

Chrisreyn

Ok, maybe I wasnt clear.. the puter has 4 slots, currently two have cards in them, teh other two have a "spacer"( thats what they called it) and are not currently used..
The old puter I woud scavange from has two PC1066 256MB cards in it..

Dell says mine are PC800... the "new" ones would be PC1066...is thqt in issue or whtas the diff?

Totallyrad

Are the new ones rdram like the old ones?

Chrisreyn

yea, I woudl be buying another Dell 8250 and scavanging the larger cards out of it to add on to my current one..the only diff I can see is the pc800 vs pc1066 thing.. and I dont know hwat that means or stands for..

Truckman0097

Check out the FAQ here - it has some useful info.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,11...m/article.html

Chrisreyn

OK , I THINK I have this figured out...
as long as its RDRam, 184 pin it should work regardless of the "PCwhatever" and I need two of whatever I get...
I am going to try and get this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=230194995658
That should set me up OK
Thanks for all the help guys!!!!

Totallyrad

Should be OK, pretty good price too!

Truckman0097

As long as your PC can handle the 256 chips (Edit: I did a search, you are good to go.) , you are good to go.

And that does look like a great price.

Chrisreyn

yea, about a thhird of what i have been seing it sell for so far..as long as the bids stay low that is...( knocking on wooden head)

12PACK

Goto Tigerdirects site and click on the live chat. Type in which system you have and the ram specs. They'll recommend what you need then you can see what their prices are.

Chrisreyn

Dern it!!!! lost i in teh last 16 seconds..
Tigerdirect wants almost twice what i just almost had a 1GB upgrade for...

Totallyrad

Check that link I sent you...... You might have to paste it into your browser.

berner

A guy can buy memory?!?!? Mine's shot. I'd pay anything to get some back!

Seriously, I've bought memory from crucial.com before. Very good quality and customer service.

Chrisreyn

OK, I am confused and

i got a 1 gb memory upgrade consisting of (4) 256MB PC-800-45 RDRamm cards, 184 pin. Purchased off Ebay( used, no warranty)

They specs are identical to what Tiger.com says their upgrade cards are. They are the same manufactorer, Samsung, that Dell uses.
I installed them in the 'puter tonight and teh system wouldnt start.
I got a error message saying "unsupported memory detected in
Rimm1
Rimm2
Rimm3
Rimm4.
Replace unsupported memory with PC-800 40 or faster."

What gives??????

Totallyrad

45 is slower I guess.