PC3200 Ram in old machine

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  1. dastott

    dastott Member

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    Hi. I need to upgrade my old Gateway PC (5 years old, Pentium 3 700mhz) and I was just wondering if PC3200 512mbs RAM would be compatible with a machine from this era. Sorry if this is a silly question - I know little about RAM and motherboards. Thank you...
     
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    Not a chance that it will work in the old rig. But, I could be wrong. I have been before.
     
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    Cock on there GrandpaBW............

    The CPU dictates that it is SDR rather than DDR, so it wouldn't physically fit as they are 'keyed' differently..........,

    The best you would get per memory stick I think would be 256Mb PC133 and I wouldn't be surprised if the mobo could only handle a max of 512Mb in total at a push.

    However, I maybe wrong..................
     
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    You would need SDRAM as opposed to DDR ram.

    Best bet is to see what memory is currently installed,
    beacuse for the memory to Parody together they must be the same.

    There might be a DDR slot but highly I doubt it.
     
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  5. dastott

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    Thanks for all the replies. I have 192mb in there already. Do I have to open the tower to see what type the RAM already installed is?
     
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    can do that or check motherboard manual or user guide
     
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    Yes probably came with PC133 OEM, probably won't run single 512MB chip but will req 2 x 256MB (dual bank) chips to reach 512MB.
    If lucky, it will run single 512MB chip (less expensive) plus then you could run 1GB if you wanted...
    Lemme see, I can get 512s for $99 bucks (CDN) but the 16-chip 256s are gonna cost $69 bucks each.
    L8R
     
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  8. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    SDRAM PC 133 Price Canadian
    256M Single Side / Double Side $45 / $92
    512M OEM $99
     
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    Great info guys. A big help. Thanks a lot...
     
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    no problem, teach & learn
     
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