RAM upgrade

[TecWiz]

I've usually been a software person but I'm not sure about much in the
way of hardware and I had a question that hopefully one of you can
answer. I'm looking to upgrade the RAM on my machine but I'm not sure
what to get. I have a Medion Titanium MD 8084XL PC with two slots for
RAM (right now there are two 256mb sticks for a total of 512MB of RAM)
but I'm not sure what kind I can get. Anybody's help would be greatly
appreciated.

 

[DCA]

I've usually been a software person but I'm not sure about much in the
way of hardware and I had a question that hopefully one of you can
answer. I'm looking to upgrade the RAM on my machine but I'm not sure
what to get. I have a Medion Titanium MD 8084XL PC with two slots for
RAM (right now there are two 256mb sticks for a total of 512MB of RAM)
but I'm not sure what kind I can get. Anybody's help would be greatly
appreciated.

I am almost certain that although this model is rather elusive on Medions
web site (probably Aldi custom made), it is an 2004/5 800FSB HT model and
therefore a 90% probability it uses standard PC3200 DDR RAM
Suggest you look at Aria.co.uk and buy 2 sticks of their Elixir memory which
will be about £50 for the two!

 

[JonMaC]

I am almost certain that although this model is rather elusive on Medions
web site (probably Aldi custom made), it is an 2004/5 800FSB HT model and
therefore a 90% probability it uses standard PC3200 DDR RAM
Suggest you look at Aria.co.uk and buy 2 sticks of their Elixir memory
which will be about £50 for the two!

Do you have experience of Aria Elixir memory ??
Is it any good ??
Maybe after 1Gb PC3200 to work with my current AMD Barton 2500 & 200FSB.

mail me back direct if you like .........remove NOSPAM
thanks JonMaC

 

[TecWiz]

So, is it okay to take out a 512MB stick but leave the other 512MB in
and then replace the first stick with a 1Gig stick even though they're
different brands?

 

[Thomas Wendell]

I don't know if this helps, as on crucial's page that direct model isn't
found, but Medion Titanium MD8383 uses these parts
http://www.crucial.com/store/listpa...dion&tabid=AM&model=Titanium+MD8383&submit=Go

Or, on www.crucial.com try the system scanner (under Mike)

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[John Doe]

So, is it okay to take out a 512MB stick but leave the other 512MB
in and then replace the first stick with a 1Gig stick even though
they're different brands?

Being different brands doesn't mean much.

 

[DCA]

So, is it okay to take out a 512MB stick but leave the other 512MB in
and then replace the first stick with a 1Gig stick even though they're
different brands?

What?
You stated you had 2x 256Mb (and if you have 4 slots you can leave them in
place)
With HT, it is generally considered good prctice and sometimes essential
(ddepends on mobo) to have matched pairs
I would buy 2 x 512Mb and if you have 4 slots, you'll have a total of 1500Mb

 

[DCA]

So, is it okay to take out a 512MB stick but leave the other 512MB in
and then replace the first stick with a 1Gig stick even though they're
different brands?

What?
You stated you had 2x 256Mb (and if you have 4 slots you can leave them in
place)
With HT, it is generally considered good prctice and sometimes essential
(ddepends on mobo) to have matched pairs
I would buy 2 x 512Mb and if you have 4 slots, you'll have a total of 1500Mb

 

[TecWiz]

Sadly I only have two slots and I thought that I would buy a 1 Gig
stick, if it works with the other 256MB at the same time that would be
great but if it doesn't I just keep the 1 Gig stick in by itself. The
main reason that I wanted to buy a Gig stick instead of 2 x 512MB is
because eventually I would just buy another Gig stick for a total of 2
Gig.

 

[sbb78247]

Sadly I only have two slots and I thought that I would buy a 1 Gig
stick, if it works with the other 256MB at the same time that would be
great but if it doesn't I just keep the 1 Gig stick in by itself. The
main reason that I wanted to buy a Gig stick instead of 2 x 512MB is
because eventually I would just buy another Gig stick for a total of 2
Gig.

well you are not much of a wiz are you?

put the crowbar in your ****ing wallet and get both 1g sticks at the same
time so you can just shut the **** up.

hth, hand, gfia, and po

 

[DCA]

So, is it okay to take out a 512MB stick but leave the other 512MB in
and then replace the first stick with a 1Gig stick even though they're
different brands?

What?
You stated you had 2x 256Mb (and if you have 4 slots you can leave them in
place)
With HT, it is generally considered good prctice and sometimes essential
(ddepends on mobo) to have matched pairs
I would buy 2 x 512Mb and if you have 4 slots, you'll have a total of 1500Mb