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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Popeye on July 15, 2006, 22:11:50

Title: P.C question
Post by: Popeye on July 15, 2006, 22:11:50

I have a question my p.c has a pc100 memory card in it and I have a spare pc133 card , can I put it in with the pc100 to double the memory. They are both 128mb.

Thanks

Title: P.C question
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on July 15, 2006, 22:22:46

yes it should be ok, ive done the same, but sometimes it might not recogise the total amount of memory.
you wont hurt anything by trying (i dont think)

Title: P.C question
Post by: ben_haynes on July 15, 2006, 22:53:02

Hi gary my dad says yes you should be able to, he is a computer technician at the moment.

Title: P.C question
Post by: smo on July 16, 2006, 08:44:56

Yes its safe to try, but not guarenteed towork. It should recognise both sticks and run them @ PC100 speeds, this doesnt always happen though with some more tempramental motherboards.

Title: P.C question
Post by: Popeye on July 16, 2006, 10:44:04

I tried it and it recognised it straight away  :D  but it kept crashing so I took it out again  :(

Title: P.C question
Post by: smo on July 16, 2006, 13:14:19

Ho hum, your only choice is to try and pick up some cheap off ebay, otherwise its not really an economical upgrade, in fact if you find you are struggling with CPU speed etc then its really time for a new motherboard, chip and ram...possibly hdd too as they all have a massive impact on overall speed and usability.

One thing to remember though, you only get one pair of eyes, so look after them and dont skimp on old/cheap crappy monitors, get a decent TFT and save your eyes the strain.