determine type of memory

I have an older generic pentium 100Mhz with 32MB of RAM.
Is there a file I can access to determine what type of RAM
it is, and thus determine what memory board to purchase to
upgrade this pc for my college kid?

you can probably buy a second hand computer that is better than that one for
less than the cost of a memory upgrade.
"shelley" wrote in message
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I have an older generic pentium 100Mhz with 32MB of RAM.
Is there a file I can access to determine what type of RAM
it is, and thus determine what memory board to purchase to
upgrade this pc for my college kid?

"shelley" wrote in message
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I have an older generic pentium 100Mhz with 32MB of RAM.
Is there a file I can access to determine what type of RAM
it is, and thus determine what memory board to purchase to
upgrade this pc for my college kid?

but....
you can probably find out the kind of memory you need by going to kingston
Memory or other such vendor and searching based on the vendor/model of your
computer. If it's a generic then you probably jut need the 68 pin DIMMS
which are rare and overpriced.
"shelley" wrote in message
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I have an older generic pentium 100Mhz with 32MB of RAM.
Is there a file I can access to determine what type of RAM
it is, and thus determine what memory board to purchase to
upgrade this pc for my college kid?

If you know the MB mfg and model you can just go to crucial.com and
put that info in to find the correct memory.
Try this free program (Everest Home Edition) to help identify your MB
and ram.
http://www.lavalys.com/products/over...?pid=1&lang=en
You could probably buy a used, faster computer (unless it's a laptop)
for not much more than the ram is going to cost. Check e-bay or your
local newspaper.
Some of the older MBs won't take more than 64MB total ram.


"shelley" wrote in message
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I have an older generic pentium 100Mhz with 32MB of RAM.
Is there a file I can access to determine what type of RAM
it is, and thus determine what memory board to purchase to
upgrade this pc for my college kid?

Most likely your computer has EDO memory. It's very old
memory and motherboard.

A new motherboard will require different memory and will
most likely have a Pentium II or Pentium III processor.

You will probably be better off getting a new computer,
either brand new or off of E-bay. Todays programs need
more than 100mhz to run. It doesn't pay to upgrade those
old computers.

Fell free to contact me directly if you have more
questions .

Michael
-----Original Message-----
I have an older generic pentium 100Mhz with 32MB of RAM.
Is there a file I can access to determine what type of
RAM
it is, and thus determine what memory board to purchase
to
upgrade this pc for my college kid?
.

Time Traveller wrote in message news:t98Rc.36580$M95.34246@pd7tw1no...
but....
you can probably find out the kind of memory you need by going to kingston
Memory or other such vendor and searching based on the vendor/model of your
computer. If it's a generic then you probably jut need the 68 pin DIMMS
which are rare and overpriced.

A P5 100 MHz used FPM - or perhaps EDO - 72-pin SIMMS.

You'd probably have to go to a PC recycler to find it, and even then,
it's a real trial, because there are enough variants in timing, in memory
chip configuration on the SIMM that you will probably end up making more
than one trip to find some that works.
It took me 3 trips, and then, what I found was my college kid wouldn't
use the machine--it's much like the high school problem of not wearing the
latest stuff, they don't want to be seen with a clunky old one.
She finally ended up with a Dell with a 450 MHz pentium and the only
reason she suffered with that was she chose it herself, and couldn't
immediately complain about how outclassed she was, at least for the first
year. Does now, though.
Good Luck,
Joe
"Hugh Candlin" wrote in message
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Time Traveller wrote in message
news:t98Rc.36580$M95.34246@pd7tw1no...
but....
you can probably find out the kind of memory you need by going to
kingston
Memory or other such vendor and searching based on the vendor/model of
your
computer. If it's a generic then you probably jut need the 68 pin DIMMS
which are rare and overpriced.

A P5 100 MHz used FPM - or perhaps EDO - 72-pin SIMMS.