Older Compaq Presario 1255, new to me

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Hi.

I was looking for a rudimentary laptop to do some onboard diagnostics on my
cars. My neighbour was kind enough to loan me an older Compaq Presario
1255,
and it did the scan flawlessly! I decided to buy the laptop from him and
now wish to upgrade the meager 32mb of hardwired memory to its max of
160mb -- with 128mb.

My question is: pc100 backward compatible with the "suggested" pc66? If
so, will any 128mb PC100 144pin Sodimm sdram work in this laptop? ..say a
stick from an Armada M700?

What's your experience with this unit?

Thanks. Wayne

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You say you have a Presario 1255?! What brand and part number of 128mb ram
are you using? ..because I've read that all pc100 ain't the same and won't
necessarily work. So I need specifics. There is a lot more pc100 out there
than the pc66 stuff.
Wayne



"Bob" <bobdawn1@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> The answer is yes and yes. I have one.
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> Bbo
>
>
> "Wayne" <wgt@telus.net> wrote in message
> newsml7e.34880$7Q4.14391@clgrps13...
>> Hi.
>>
>> I was looking for a rudimentary laptop to do some onboard diagnostics on
>> my
>> cars. My neighbour was kind enough to loan me an older Compaq Presario
>> 1255,
>> and it did the scan flawlessly! I decided to buy the laptop from him and
>> now wish to upgrade the meager 32mb of hardwired memory to its max of
>> 160mb -- with 128mb.
>>
>> My question is: pc100 backward compatible with the "suggested" pc66?
>> If
>> so, will any 128mb PC100 144pin Sodimm sdram work in this laptop? ..say
>> a
>> stick from an Armada M700?
>>
>> What's your experience with this unit?
>>
>> Thanks. Wayne
>>
>>
>
>