Memory Upgrades

[Lanie]

Good morning!
I want to install more memory on my machine because Photoshop hangs after using for a little while. I have an

AMD Athelon
128mg RAM - PC100
Win98

Can I purchase any PC100? Does it have to be specific, like does it need to be SDAM or DDRAM or whatever. How do I find out how many pins I need?

Also, must the configureation be two 128mg sticks or two 258mg sticks, but not a combined 128mg (1) and 258mg (1) sticks?

I know these are a lot of questions, but I sure do appreciate any help I can get.


Lanie
laniet@ij.net
etroidl@conaxfl.com

 

[comtec17]

You will need to purchase PC100 SDRam.

You can combine a mix of memory, meaning you can keep you current 128MB of RAM and add a 256MB module if you have the slot for it.

If you are currently using PC100 RAM it will have 168 pins.

For good pricing on RAM, go to

http://www.pricewatch.com

 

[Lanie]

Thank you so much for your help.

One more question, I would like to get a good, reliable brand. Can you suggestion one? Lanie
laniet@ij.net
etroidl@conaxfl.com

 

[mjinks61]

Lanie,

A good brand of memory would be Crucial brand made by Micron. Samsung is also a good one. Kingston comes to mind as well.
One other thing, if you buy a 256 meg one, i would recommend putting the highest density chip in ROM-0 slot.
You can gain some performance by haveing the larger pieces of memory in the first slots.
Depending on which version of PhotoShop you are using, I would also recommend increasing your total RAM to 512MB+ Good luck, and Happy Computing

 

[Lanie]

mjinks61,

I am indeed maxing the RAM. I'm using PS7 and I am so tired of it crashing.

Thank you so much for your help. Lanie
laniet@ij.net
etroidl@conaxfl.com