I have a HP pavilion PC model XE783, System says It has 63 meg ram. I want to install more. Took the side off and looked in, It has one memory stick, There are two slots. I have come across two sticks @ 128M each. The physical size are the same as the installed one.How can I tell if they will work in my system? Thanks Charlie snipped-for-privacy@bellsouth.net
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Jan 13, 2007
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On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:58:46 -0600, Charlie East Has Frothed:
Pop them in and power it up.
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Michael A. Terrell
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First of all make sure your mother board supports which type of RAM i.e. SD1 or SD2,
same thing about the two 128 MB stips also, that what type of RAM are they.. SD1 or SD2
you can ask some friendly neighbourhood computer vendor,
Standard PC100 or PC133 168Pin 3.3V SDRAM should be OK. Just try 'em.
Crucial or Kingston's websites have plenty of info.
Details for the HP machine are here
-- Adrian C
Go to one of the memory sites like Mushkin or Crucial.com, as I recall they have a search engine where you can enter the model of your PC and it will tell you what type of RAM you need.
Or better still, Kingston
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Ok ,I put them in and pc will not boot, So I guess they are not compatable, The original has a sticker HYM7V65801,, BTFG-10SBA-A PC100-322-620-0034, the new ones say 128MB, 877576 PC133 Thanks for the replies, guess I will just have to order the correct ones Charlie
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Looks like you need PC100 then.
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Memory bus will work at the speed of the slowest component. Putting PC100 in a system that is otherwise PC133 will slow it down.
Nope. It's actually a system with a synchronous 100HMz system bus (Intel
810 chipset, 700MHz Celeron). Check the link I posted. ;-)PC133 memory is overspec, though probably more available. It will run at
100MHz speeds on the system, save for the few DRAM chips that are sadly incompatible with Intel 810/810E and BX chipsets. Best the OP either try with what he has been given, or check websites like Crucial or Kingston for their recomendation and system tested products.-- Adrian C
PC133 *should* work at PC100 speed but in practice I've found that isn't always the case.
PC100
Wasn't posting as to what he should use. Just that 100 shouldn't be used if the system is otherwise 133.
Good advice for someone, yes. :-)
-- Adrian C
I've a feeling that the machine doesn't support sticks bigger than
64M!
Best Regards:
Baron.
Not according to the Crucial website:
Maximum Memory: 512MB Standard Memory: 64MB removable Slots: 2 (2 banks of 1) USB Support: 1.x Compliant
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Michael A. Terrell
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Thats great! I wasn't sure. Some of the older boards didn't like the bigger sticks.
Best Regards:
Baron.
The website says it will take a pair of 256 MB PC133 RAM
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