RAM help

Well no DDR2 ram would not be compatible with your motherboard as it support DDR1 for using DDR2 or DDR3 ram you would have to buy a new motherboard which support it in your case you just have to find a DDR1 ram but it would be very difficult as they are not made anymore

Hi beach, If you are referring to DDR PC400 RAM modules, and if you have two slots on the mainboard you may install two 512MB of them to get at least 1GB of RAM (around USD20.00 each). Samsung or Apacer manufactured these RAM modules. Also available is the 1GB model manufactured either by Samsung or Micron (USD40.00) or by Kingston (USD42.00). You did not mention the model and manufacturer of your mainboard so this is just an approximation of the lowest specs I can advise. Your mainboard may support up to PC 533 of bandwidth but I would not hazard it. Higher than this, you'll get a blank screen and a series of beeps (if an internal speaker is available) indicating memory error.

you will need to change your motherboard (and in turn processor and other stuffs residing on motherboard) as DDR Slot is different from DD2 and DDR2. Better still get a new system in exchange of your current one as your current system is outdated and might be of no use after sometime.

You cannot perform such update, because your computer's motherboard will not support those new kinds of RAM. Your options are two, either get more DDR RAM for it, or replace your motherboard with a recent model. Do note, however, that there is high possibility that you will also need to change your CPU and graphics card if you replace your motherboard. So, buying a completely new computer is actually your second option.

This is what I suggest you do. I think you should take a look at the following website: http://www.crucial.com This is a memory website and it's where I purchase my own memory. They have this free scanning tool and I recommend that you use this to scan your system. This will tell you how much memory or ram you have in your system, the type of RAM you have in your system and the maximum amount of memory that you can install into your system. It's a very useful tool and I have always used it. 256MB of RAM does sound very low in terms of what memory is available today. For any upgrade in memory you have to match the exact memory that you have in your system and that includes specifications like DDR, DDR2 etc. If you use incompatible memory then you will face problems including boot up problems. That's why I really recommend that you use the free scanning tool on the crucial website! Good luck. Andrew

ddr2 and ddr3 ahave different ports, its not as same port for ddr. I am also having same problem. and i just added one 128mb ram from my friend, when he sold his old one. you can search for ddr ram , old ones are available in many sites like ebay.