So...
I bought this comp about a year and a half ago:
Mobo: 1st mainboar AZ11EA
RAM: PC133 256mb
Processor: AMD Athlon 1.4ghz
Vid Card: Hercules Kyro II 64mb
OS: Win 2k prof.
A 30gig HD, can't remember brand.
Creative DVD, Plextor CD-R
It had problems. Many of them. The main one was the sudden and harsh freezing that would occur as seemingly random intervals. I literally have replaced everything (mobo, processor, HD, vid card, cd-r burner...) in this computer (thank goodness for the warrenty) EXCEPT the power supply, and the RAM. I now have:
Same mobo, RAM, cd drives
Vid Card: Nvidia GeForce 3 64mb
Processor: AMD Athlon 1.3ghz
HD: Quantum Fireball Plus AS 30gig
OS: Win XP Prof.
Downgrading my processor meant changing the FSB to 100mgz, and the PC133 RAM then adjusted. With the installation of Win XP, the freezing has lessened from about once every 2 hours, to once every 6 days. I didn't install XP until about a month ago. Anyway, after this, the comp was slow. This seemed odd, but it was taxing the processor 100% for simple things like copying files off CD, while running a very minimum of background programs. So, with RAM so cheap these days, I bought a PC100 512mb stick, and here's my ultimate question:
Can I stick the PC100 stick in with the PC133 stick, or is that bad?
And, further, if you know of any reasons as to why my computer might be freezing, (I can only assume it's the RAM), any help would be greatly appreciated.
<i>I'm gonna go eat a granola bar now.</i>
I bought this comp about a year and a half ago:
Mobo: 1st mainboar AZ11EA
RAM: PC133 256mb
Processor: AMD Athlon 1.4ghz
Vid Card: Hercules Kyro II 64mb
OS: Win 2k prof.
A 30gig HD, can't remember brand.
Creative DVD, Plextor CD-R
It had problems. Many of them. The main one was the sudden and harsh freezing that would occur as seemingly random intervals. I literally have replaced everything (mobo, processor, HD, vid card, cd-r burner...) in this computer (thank goodness for the warrenty) EXCEPT the power supply, and the RAM. I now have:
Same mobo, RAM, cd drives
Vid Card: Nvidia GeForce 3 64mb
Processor: AMD Athlon 1.3ghz
HD: Quantum Fireball Plus AS 30gig
OS: Win XP Prof.
Downgrading my processor meant changing the FSB to 100mgz, and the PC133 RAM then adjusted. With the installation of Win XP, the freezing has lessened from about once every 2 hours, to once every 6 days. I didn't install XP until about a month ago. Anyway, after this, the comp was slow. This seemed odd, but it was taxing the processor 100% for simple things like copying files off CD, while running a very minimum of background programs. So, with RAM so cheap these days, I bought a PC100 512mb stick, and here's my ultimate question:
Can I stick the PC100 stick in with the PC133 stick, or is that bad?
And, further, if you know of any reasons as to why my computer might be freezing, (I can only assume it's the RAM), any help would be greatly appreciated.
<i>I'm gonna go eat a granola bar now.</i>