have i bought the right ram..??

[roryson]

my step dad has just got another computer and it only has 512 meg of ram. ive googled the board and it says the board will only take upto 2gig 400/533 MHZ of ram. mum has been to the local pc store and told them the specs and they gave her a DDR2 800MHZ 1GB stick and told her it would be ok. is that the truth..?? BOARD - RC410m REV 1.03

[dasteph]

my step dad has just got another computer and it only has 512 meg of ram. ive googled the board and it says the board will only take upto 2gig 400/533 MHZ of ram. mum has been to the local pc store and told them the specs and they gave her a DDR2 800MHZ 1GB stick and told her it would be ok. is that the truth..?? BOARD - RC410m REV 1.03

if he uses the crucial web site scanner it will tell him the memory he needs.

RAM Memory Upgrade: Dell, Mac, Apple, HP, Compaq. USB drives, flash cards, SSD at Crucial.com

[robbo1]

DDR2 memory is backward compatible, so this will be fine as long as it's non ECC (non error correcting). Where was the memory bought from and which brand is it?

[softguy09]

Hey m8.. that s/n you gave us is for the BIOS.. can you get the motherboard model info?? The ram may be backwards compatible.. but the motherboard might not like that ram.. Supports single channel DDR II 667/533 SDRAM...
DDR II is DDR II.. worst case scenario.. is that the motherboard beeps at you a few times.. Try Flashing the bios..Thats a E machine board.. so it might be fussy! who knows.. But if it beeps at you just kill the switch..and take it back!! and you can prolly get 2 x1gb sticks off ebay for like $25US if it dosent work..

[Salami]

my step dad has just got another computer and it only has 512 meg of ram. ive googled the board and it says the board will only take upto 2gig 400/533 MHZ of ram. mum has been to the local pc store and told them the specs and they gave her a DDR2 800MHZ 1GB stick and told her it would be ok. is that the truth..?? BOARD - RC410m REV 1.03

There are some Desktop PCs or laptops that are limited to how much memory can be installed in them.

Wouldn't be more easy if you took the actual memory from the computer board without touching the pins put it in a plastic bag or cling film and take it to the shop, in this way would be no confusion about the make of memory, and ask for the memory size you are looking for.

[riget]

That looks fine.

[bundibaer]

build out the old ram and look an it, in wikipidia you can check out, what kind for ram how much pins have.

[roryson]

all sorted now i think. ordered 2x 1GB DDR2 533MHZ from EBUYER..
P.S link to the board http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...ctID=c00638516

[jake-pickering]

@Salami, Never put RAM modules or hardware in cling film! Cling film is very vunrable to static that can fry your hardware! You'd be 100% better off just sliding it in a paper envolope, there not static proof but if your just taking it the shop you'll be fine. But if you ever post hardware, use official anti static bags.

Also I know this is solved now but to anyone who's reading this thread for help, A BIOS update to the latest firmware will often solve this problem.

[Salami]

@Salami, Never put RAM modules or hardware in cling film! Cling film is very vunrable to static that can fry your hardware! You'd be 100% better off just sliding it in a paper envolope, there not static proof but if your just taking it the shop you'll be fine. But if you ever post hardware, use official anti static bags.

Also I know this is solved now but to anyone who's reading this thread for help, A BIOS update to the latest firmware will often solve this problem.

Thanks for your advice, there is no conduction in cling film and any plastic material would never shorten any electrical component used it 1000 times to store Motherboard Memory sticks and any other parts of computers. This is my job and I've been doing it for a long long time.