RAM compatability question.

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NDPTAL85

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Hello. I have an old Compaq that I would like to upgrade to 512mb of
ram. I will be upgrading it to XP Home for my uncle and his family.
I have two ram slots so I will need two 256mb sticks. Can you
tell me what type of ram would work in it as I have heard that some
ram modules will only show up as 128mb sticks instead of 256mb sticks.
Here is my CPUZ report, thank you in advance for your time and help:

PS: I had to remove some of the CPUZ report in order for the Hardforum to allow me to post.

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CPU-Z version 1.29
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CPUID Output
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of CPUs 1
Name Intel Celeron
Code name Coppermine-T
Specification Intel Celeron 900 MHz
Family/Model/Stepping 68A
Extended Family/Model 0/0
Brand ID 1
Package Socket 370 FC-PGA
Core Stepping cD0
Technology 0.18µ
Instructions Sets MMX, SSE
Clock Speed 896.9 MHz
Clock multiplier x9.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 99.7 MHz
Bus Speed 99.7 MHz
Stock frequency 900 MHz
L1 Data Cache 16 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32
Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache 16 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32
Bytes line size
L2 Cache 128 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32
Bytes line size
L2 Latency 2
L2 Speed 896.9 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 ECC Check enabled
L2 Data Prefetch Logic no
L2 Bus Width 256 bits

eax ebx ecx
edx
Function 00000000 00000002 756e6547
6c65746e 49656e69
Function 00000001 0000068a 00000001
00000000 0383f9ff
Function 00000002 03020101 00000000
00000000 0c040841

edx eax
MSR 0000002A 00000000 CC080000
MSR 00000017 06300000 00000000
MSR 0000011E 00000000 007405E5
MSR 0000008B 00000001 00000000


Chipset
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Northbridge Intel i815/E/EP rev. B
Southbridge Intel 82801BA (ICH2) rev. 11
Memory Type SDRAM
Memory Size 256 MBytes
Memory Frequency 99.7 MHz (1:1)
CAS# 3.0
RAS# to CAS# 2
RAS# Precharge 3
Cycle Time (tRAS) 5
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 7


Memory SPD
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DIMM #1

General
Memory type SDRAM
Manufacturer (ID) Hyundai Electronics (ADFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
Size 128 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC133 (133 MHz)
Part number 76V16635HGT8-H
Serial number 8063D0F4
Manufacturing date Week 101/Year 24

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Registered no
Buffered no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 100 133
CAS# 2.0 3.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 2 3
RAS# Precharge 2 3
TRAS# 5 6


DIMM #2

General
Memory type SDRAM
Manufacturer (ID) Micron Technology (2CFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
Size 128 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC133 (133 MHz)

Part number 16LSDT1664AG-133C7
Serial number 5B138497
Manufacturing date Week 23/Year 01

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Registered no
Buffered no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 100 133
CAS# 2.0 3.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 2 3
RAS# Precharge 2 3
TRAS# 5 6


Monitoring
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PCI Device List
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DMI
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DMI BIOS
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vendor American Megatrends Inc.
version 062710
date 07/15/2000


DMI System Information
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manufacturer Compaq
product D300
version unknown
serial unknown
UUID 00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000


DMI Baseboard
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vendor GVC
model MR825
revision D01
serial unknown


DMI System Enclosure
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manufacturer MinMaw
chassis type Mini Tower
chassis serial unknown


DMI Processor
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manufacturer Intel
model Intel Celeron(tm)
clock speed 900.0MHz
FSB speed 100.0MHz
multiplier 9.0x


DMI Memory Controller
---------------------
correction 32-bit ECC
Max module size 128MBytes


DMI Memory Module
-----------------
designation ROW-0
size 128MBytes (double bank)


DMI Memory Module
-----------------
designation ROW-1
size 128MBytes (double bank)


DMI Memory Module
-----------------
designation ROW-2


DMI Memory Module
-----------------
designation ROW-3
size 128MBytes (double bank)


DMI Extension Slot
------------------
designation PCI1
type PCI
width 32 bits
populated no


DMI Extension Slot
------------------
designation PCI2
type PCI
width 32 bits
populated no


DMI Extension Slot
------------------
designation PCI3
type PCI
width 32 bits
populated no


DMI Port Connector
------------------
designation SVGA Port (internal)
designation SVGA Connector for Integrated VGA (external)
port type Video Port
connector DB-15 female


DMI Port Connector
------------------
designation COM Port (internal)
designation Serial Port A (external)
port type Serial Port 16550A
connector DB-9 male


DMI Port Connector
------------------
designation LPT Port (internal)
designation Parallel Port (external)
port type Parallel Port ECP/EPP
connector DB-25 female


DMI Port Connector
------------------
designation Keyboard (internal)
designation Keyboard (external)
port type Keyboard Port
connector PS/2


DMI Port Connector
------------------
designation Mouse (internal)
designation PS/2 Mouse (external)
port type Mouse Port
connector PS/2


DMI Port Connector
------------------
designation Floppy (internal)
designation Floppy (external)
connector On Board Floppy


DMI Port Connector
------------------
designation Primary IDE (internal)
designation IDE-1 (external)
connector On Board IDE


DMI Port Connector
------------------
designation Secondary IDE (internal)
designation IDE-2 (external)
connector On Board IDE


DMI Port Connector
------------------
designation USB Port (internal)
designation USB#1 (external)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)


Software
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Windows Version Microsoft Windows 98 SE
DirectX Version 7.0
 
The cheapest stick of ram Crucial has is $73! Thats way more than I want to spend for such an old machine. I think I'll risk the $20 256 PC133 modules I see on pricewatch.

Thanks for your help.
 
ha.. yeah, i dunno why the stuff is so expensive, probably because it's not in production anymore. just out of curiosity, what are you planning to get off pricewatch?
 
I was going to get one of the 256mb PC 133 modules they have but I did some more research and ended up spending $60 per stick on another site for some low density modules garunteed to work in older machines. I was trying to save money but I added up all I am adding to this box and its under $250 which is fine with me since new computers configured the way I want from Dell are around $350.
 
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