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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: stefos on May 12, 2006, 13:49

Title: ram upgrade query
Post by: stefos on May 12, 2006, 13:49

Hi, My motherboard (VL400) will only take up to 512mb ram. What will happen if I should add 256mb to it? I mainly need  it for speech recognition as 'upping' the ram would make dictation more fluid.
Otherwise what would be the most sensible option do you think?

Regards
Stefos

p.s. I am sure I posted this question correctly a short while ago but it never materialised, so my apologise if it gets duplicated!

Title: ram upgrade query
Post by: sam on May 12, 2006, 13:59

So the maximum you can have in your motherboard is 512mb? How much do you currently have in it?

Title: ram upgrade query
Post by: stefos on May 12, 2006, 14:27

I have 2* 256mb in the two only slots but I have a 512mb card available

Stefos

Title: ram upgrade query
Post by: sam on May 12, 2006, 14:36

ok, so each slot can take a max of 512? I think you will be suprised of the increase you will get, though make sure you have the right ram before you stick it in!   :)

Title: ram upgrade query
Post by: stefos on May 12, 2006, 15:23

No Sam, the max the board will take (HP VL400) is 512 mb!
I currently have 2*256mbs, do you reckon I could get away with 1*256 and 1*512mb without any harm?

Title: ram upgrade query
Post by: Sandra on May 12, 2006, 20:47

It shouldnt do any harm its just that the bios may not recognise the ram above a total of 512mb.

Try it with just the single 512mb in and if it boots ok and recognises it as 512 then add a stick of 256 and see if it still boots ok and recognises the full size.

You could check the manufacturers site to see if theres a bios upgrade available that may raise the ram limit as I think that the maximum ram is goverened by the bios.

Title: ram upgrade query
Post by: stefos on May 13, 2006, 13:57

Thanks Sandra,I would have liked to have said it worked fine but have now realised I bought the wrong one!
What a pillock!
?HP Server SDRAM 512mb pc133 ECC Reg Dimm 168 pin? ? everything correct except the bloomin? ?Server?, -not compatable.
Must pay even closer attention next time... Grrr!

Regards :blush:
Stefos

Title: ram upgrade query
Post by: Simon on May 13, 2006, 14:14

www.crucial.com/uk guarantee memory compatability, or they refund you (providing you have given the correct information in the first place), so might be worth giving them a try.