hi, im hoping someone can help me out plz! Basically i want to upgrade my ram on my time pc. only i dont know what type of ram i need and dont wana buy the wrong one obviously! so i need to know if any1 can tell me how to find out what ram i have? and also out to find out my time pc's model number is? sorry i know nothing about pc's lol

thankyou

Hi, there's a very easy solution to that. What you need to do is download, install and run PC Wizard:

www.cpuid.com/pcwizard

Then once the window is open, look for "phsical memory".This will tell you what kind of RAM your motherboard uses eg DDR-SDRAM PC2100,PC100 etc. So when you're buying new RAM you need to simply make sure it is the same type then get the size you need.
Also, your motherboard will have a limit ont he amount of RAM it can hold. That can also be found using PC Wizard.

If you need any more help, just post back.

thanks 4 ya reply, i have found out now that i have 2x 256mb DDR SD-RAM PC2700 and 3rd slot free, so am i right in assuming all i need to do is buy ram of type DDR SD-RAM??

cheers

Yup, DDR 184-pin PC2700 should do it.

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cheers for ya help dude, y 184-pin exactly?

184 is just the DDR SDRAM pin count.

As long as you get DDR SDRAM, not DDR2 SDRAM which is 240 pin, [SDR] SDRAM which is 168 pin, SODIMM DDR2 SDRAM which is 200 pin, SODIMM DDR SDRAM which is 172, or SODIMM [SDR] SDRAM which is 144 pin. Other types are keyed in such as way as they will not fit (SODIMM is very short and quite obviously wrong).

Don't worry about buying PC3200/DDR400 over PC2700/DDR333 is it's available. Due to supply, DDR400 is usually cheaper than DDR333. It is rated as 33MHz (66 MHz DDR) and 500 MB/s faster than what you have, but is capable of running at speeds as low as DDR266/PC2100.

ok thanks alot for the help mate, much appreciated!! uve helped me out alot there!

cheers!