[ILUG] RAM specifications

[Colm Buckley]

crucial.com/uk will probably be able to identify the kind of RAM you need.
It's certainly not the case that "standard 1GB modules" will cover it; there
are as many types of RAM as there are stars in the sky...

Colm

On Jan 22, 2008 5:49 PM, Braun Brelin <bbrelin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I was just given a free second hand computer (desktop, not
> laptop) and I'm looking at doing some major upgrades to it.
> It has 1GB of RAM in it but I'm probably going to expand it to 4 GB.  It
> used to be the case that you had to
> know what motherboard manufacturer you had and the type of RAM (SIMMs,
> DIMMs, SIPPS, etc.)  you needed
> This was some years back so I'd like to know has this situation changed?
> I.e. if I go in to a PC store like Power City
> or IT Direct, can I just buy "standard" 1 GB modules off the shelf or will
> I
> have to crack open the case and look at the
> RAM and motherboard I've got? The system is probably not more than a year
> or
> two old.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Braun
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