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DDR memory will NOT work in an 8100 On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Jeff Kinz wrote: > On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 05:53:14PM +0000, Kalyan Vaidyanathan wrote: > > Thanks for the quick responses. I was asked to look at > > www.memorysuppliers.com to buy. They price 2x512MB at $478. Any other > > recommendations for good, reliable, and of course economical suppliers? > > http://www.crucial.com > PC2100 DDR 512 MB $140 ( 2= 280) > http://www.crucial.com/store/listModule.asp?module=DDR+PC2100&cat=RAM&package=allModules > > PC 133 512 MB $121 (2 = 242) > http://www.crucial.com/store/listmodule.asp?module=SDRAM%2C+PC100&Attrib=Package&cat=RAM > > > > thx, > > -kalyan > > > > > > >From: dsr at tao.merseine.nu > > >To: Kalyan Vaidyanathan <kalyan_v at hotmail.com> > > >CC: discuss at blu.org > > >Subject: Re: RAM > > >Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 17:30:02 +0000 > > > > > >On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 05:26:36PM +0000, Kalyan Vaidyanathan wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a Dell Dimension 8100 desktop with 1.3 GHz. I have redhat 8.0 > > >and > > > > Windows ME. I am thinking of upgrading my memory. I currently have > > >128MB > > > > RAM. Since it is ME, Microsoft says that max recommended is 512 MB. > > > > I would like to use my linux box to install and run Tomcat and a java > > >ide. > > > > Do you think 512 (+128 existing) should be sufficient for reasonable > > > > productivity? > > > > > >First, no amount of extra RAM is going to hurt performance unless > > >Microsoft is doing something very twisted. Linux will happily use as > > >much extra as you install. > > > > > >I find that 384MB is comfortable for most home desktops these days, but > > >512MB is pretty cheap, so go right ahead. > > > > > >-dsr- > > > > > >-- > > >Network engineer / pre-sales engineer available in the Boston area. > > >http://tao.merseine.nu/~dsr > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Discuss mailing list > > >Discuss at blu.org > > >http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > <b>MSN 8:</b> Get 6 months for $9.95/month > > http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at blu.org > > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > >
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