memory upgrade

[dustie]

hi all

my PC is about 3 years old and has 512mb of RAM memory. I want to increase
this to 1GB. I have a couple of other older PCs that run Windows 98. Is it
possible to cannibalise the RAM from these? I know there are different
kinds of RAM but know nothing specific about how it all works. Can someone
point me in the right direction so I can learn more about this..?

Cheers

 

[Rod Speed]

my PC is about 3 years old and has 512mb of RAM memory. I want to increase
this to 1GB. I have a couple of other older PCs that run
Windows 98. Is it possible to cannibalise the RAM from these?

Maybe, depends on how old they are.

The obvious first thing to check is whether they are physically
the same size, if the older PCs are old enough, they will be
simms and those are physically obviously different to dimms.

If they are physically the same, post the Everest report on the memory in all
the PCs.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181

I know there are different kinds of RAM but know nothing specific about how it
all works. Can someone point me in the right direction so I can learn more
about this..?

The RAM packaging section of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_access_memory
covers the basics reasonably well.

 

[dustie]

my PC is about 3 years old and has 512mb of RAM memory. I want to

Maybe, depends on how old they are.

The obvious first thing to check is whether they are physically
the same size, if the older PCs are old enough, they will be
simms and those are physically obviously different to dimms.

If they are physically the same, post the Everest report on the memory in
all the PCs.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181


The RAM packaging section of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_access_memory
covers the basics reasonably well.

Cheers for all that Rod - much appreciated