Ram help!!

[candlestick]

Afternoon,

My upstairs desktop seems to be struggling these days, what with these super duper Photoshop programs and that!! As I can't afford a full base upgrade, I'm thinking I'll just ramp up the ram for the time being. I've currently got 2 x 512Mb sticks in the motherboard, but want to put 1Gb in each slot, to double the capacity.

What isn't clear, is whether or not the board will take it - the Crucial memory checker seems to suggest yes, but the board specs on UKTsupport's site suggest 512Mb is the limit.

Is there a test I could do, without wasting money, to work out what it'll take, or does anybody know what it will take without me taking the back off the machine. It's an Advent T9201 (uses the same board as the more popular T9400) and it takes PC3200 Ram.

Cheers all!!

 

[poacher]

Afternoon,

My upstairs desktop seems to be struggling these days, what with these super duper Photoshop programs and that!! As I can't afford a full base upgrade, I'm thinking I'll just ramp up the ram for the time being. I've currently got 2 x 512Mb sticks in the motherboard, but want to put 1Gb in each slot, to double the capacity.

What isn't clear, is whether or not the board will take it - the Crucial memory checker seems to suggest yes, but the board specs on UKTsupport's site suggest 512Mb is the limit.

Is there a test I could do, without wasting money, to work out what it'll take, or does anybody know what it will take without me taking the back off the machine. It's an Advent T9201 (uses the same board as the more popular T9400) and it takes PC3200 Ram.

Cheers all!!

Every site ( mostly selling ram) I`ve looked at sugests 2 gb
( Quote)
System Name
Advent T9201
Maximum Memory
2Gb
Upgrade Slots
2

I`ve just updated my ram from 512mb to 2gig and the computer now runs like a dream, it`s a computer I built about 7 years ago.

 

[arclight]

Try another RAM test website to see if it agrees with Crucial.
e.g. http://www.4allmemory.com/

Never known anyone have a problem with Crucial. Use them myself.

In any case your money will not be wasted. If they send you RAM based on their scan and it is not recognised. Just send it back for a refund.

 

[candlestick]

Crucial are about £15 more expensive though - I was looking at this on Ebay as it is branded and well priced - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1GB-TRANSCEND-PC-3200-DDR-400-DDR-400Mhz-MEMORY-RAM-NEW_W0QQitemZ270353977405QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_ComputerComponents_MemoryRAM_JN?hash=item3ef25a503d&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1690%7C240%3A1308%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

What do you reckon, is it a safeish bet it will work??

 

[arclight]

Crucial are about £15 more expensive though - I was looking at this on Ebay as it is branded and well priced - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1GB-TRANSCEND-PC-3200-DDR-400-DDR-400Mhz-MEMORY-RAM-NEW_W0QQitemZ270353977405QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_ComputerComponents_MemoryRAM_JN?hash=item3ef25a503d&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1690%7C240%3A1308%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

What do you reckon, is it a safeish bet it will work??

Sorry - don't know.

 

[joxby]

What do you reckon, is it a safeish bet it will work??

Pay the extra £15 imo, its well worth knowing you won't get left up **** creek without a paddle.