RAM MEMORY

[aug4570]

I just upgraded my 64MB RAM to 128MB with a new card. While in my computer I noticed there are 2 additional memory slots. If I insert my old 64MB memory card into one of these other slots will it increase my ram available or should i not even bother with going back into my computer? Thanks.

 

[Ravagerx]

Hi!
Yes it would increase the amount of RAM installed on your computer. But sometimes two banks of RAM may not work together correctly. This usually depends of RAM chips type Any of my advices based on the my understanding of facts you supply.

Excuse my English, I'm from Russia...

 

[madian]

Yes you would have 128 + 64 MB of RAM. With sdram modules an incompatibility of modules may appear but if you have a 64MB module and a 128 module, it should present no problem

 

[Karl Blessing]

just be sure to check the speeds, if the 128 is faster, then you need to make sure the BIos is clocked at the 64M stick speed, otherwise your 128 will do fine, but you might slightly burn out or stress your 64 and vice versa. if they're the same speed (CAS2 or 3 , both 8ns or 10ns) then dont worry. But if they are not the same, always set the bios to run at the speed of the slower stick.
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[aug4570]

Thanks for the information. Both boards fortunately are 100MHz. Does it matter in which order the boards are placed? When I upgraded, I removed the old board and inserted the new 128mb in its place. Should i just insert the old 64mb board in the next available memory slot or place it back in its old slot and move the new board over? Thanks again.

 

[madian]

No, SDRAM can be placed in either of the three banks except one case. If you have a video card on the motherboard that shares memory with the system there should be a module of RAM at bank 1. otherwise the choice is yours.

 

[aug4570]

I've installed both cards and my system information indicates I do have 192MB ram, however, my system resource meter don't seem to reflect it. It seems that the system resource meter is only counting the 128MB ram card for the available resources and not counting both because the percentage available after I log into my ISP is the same as when I only had the 128MB card installed . Why is that? Thanks.

 

[cwpaul]

Resources are that silly chunk of memory 64K in size. If you have 50GB of memory, your resources are still 64K. It is the percent of that 64K table that matters. In the most simplistic of terms, this table is the table that holds all references to all the other tables.

Just on an aestheic note. I would put the fastest memory in the first slot (usually labeled DIMM0) and then I would then defer to DIMM size. The priorities should be Speed, then size, if speeds are same then Big first then descend in size so memory may claim a consistent field. Problems usually on ensue when overclocking the FSB (Front Side Bus) becomes involved: such as my situation where I run PC-100 on a 133MHz bus.

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