Want more memory;what do i need to know?

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If you want a guarantee that the memory you buy will run then go to
crucial.com, plug in your make and model and buy the memory from them.

"Waheeba" <Waheeba@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I have one ram module in my pc, but all I see marked on it is "512mb PC266
> DDR." I want to add another one, but isn't it suppose to be identical to
the
> one that is already in the computer? That is, aren't the ram modules
> supposed to be from the same company?
>
>
>

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PC 266 DDR is a generic which is also called PC 2100. If
you are not over-clocking you can buy (in most cases) any
brand of PC2100, PC 2700 or faster. You want to get the
same number of chips that are mounted on the current stick
of RAM.

I have two sticks of PNY PC 2100 256 MB bought at Best Buy
(same store location) about 2 months apart. They were made
by two different companies, Samsung and Nanya.


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"Waheeba" <Waheeba@aol.com> wrote in message
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| I have one ram module in my pc, but all I see marked on it
is "512mb PC266
| DDR." I want to add another one, but isn't it suppose to
be identical to the
| one that is already in the computer? That is, aren't the
ram modules
| supposed to be from the same company?
|
|

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Can I usee ECC and Non-ecc together. I know Crucial.com says I shouldn't,
but I don't see why the modules would not work altogether just because one
is parity and the other is non-parity.

"Waheeba" <Waheeba@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I have one ram module in my pc, but all I see marked on it is "512mb PC266
> DDR." I want to add another one, but isn't it suppose to be identical to
the
> one that is already in the computer? That is, aren't the ram modules
> supposed to be from the same company?
>
>

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Well, well, well. I took my computer apart to see what memory I had in there
because I am ordering new memory and I need to match what I already have.
The sticker on the ram module said "PC2600." I was going to order pc2700
instead of PC2100, which would have cost me an extra $20.

I ran CPUz and it said I had PC2100. . . .not 2600! If I had ordered the
2700, it probably would have worked, but of course it would have worked only
at the 2100 speed. The point I am trying to make though is that I would have
wasted $20.
"Waheeba" <Waheeba@aol.com> wrote in message
news:uXRnZdnJEHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> I have one ram module in my pc, but all I see marked on it is "512mb PC266
> DDR." I want to add another one, but isn't it suppose to be identical to
the
> one that is already in the computer? That is, aren't the ram modules
> supposed to be from the same company?
>
>