Installing New Memory - Need Advise 1

[LOKIDOG]

Prices are right and now I want to install some new memory and would appreciate some advice. My experience with working with the inside of my computer consists of installing a SCSI card. I have a PC-100 motherboard, AMD-K6 3D processor (300 MH), with 32 ram and 64 added RAM. What do I need to consider about installing new memory? How do I do it. Do I need to configure software? BIOS? How? Know of any good info/help sites out there for this type of thing? what will another 64 RAM get me (Should I get more?).

Thanks.

 

[ceh4702]

The Newer programs from Microsoft like their XP Office suite requires a minimum of 128 Megs. You may want to consider buying a total of 256 or just adding 128 megs if your system can handle it. Many Internet sites have menus to tell you what type of ram to buy, so you dont buy the wrong kind. Usually you just enter in the model/make of the computer, and boom, it tells you what to buy.

 

[basweek]

Lokidog,
Things to consider:

1. How many open slots do you have? You don't want to fill all of you slots with lower capacity modules.

2. What is the maximum that your motherboard will address for each module? Usually around 512MB (for a 3 slot total of 1.5GB). The more RAM you can get in each slot the better, especially as cheap as it is today. Shoot for about 256MB modules, if possible.

3. I would get PC-133 which will, when all is said and done, be faster than standard PC-100. (Let's see how many comments I get about this one!!!)

4. I would look to a brand like Kingston or PNY for generic memory needs. I personally use Kingston Value-Ram.

5. Installation is very sraight forward. This type of memory is installed in DIMM modules (black slots with white tabs a both ends, usually 2,3,or 4 of them on a standard motherboard). The slots have index pins that corospond with keys on the mem modules, so they can't be inserted backwards. The white tabs are levers that aid in removing memory modules. Push them down and apart and it pops out the module that you are trying to remove. When you push a memory module in these levers will snap back together to help secure the module.

6.You will not have to make any software changes anywhere, the memory values in the bios and Windows will be changed automatically.

Listed below is a very good document to learn more about memory.

http://www.kingston.com/tools/umg/umg2000.pdf

Good Luck, hope this helped.