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New Groovy, danke
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Drew
New Re: Groovy, danke
Looks like I have a matched pair of 3200
New Neat
Hit me at

drewk98
yahoo

I'll send you the mailing address. Thanks.
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Drew
New Wrong memory type??
According to Gateway, that model only takes up to 3 PC100/PC133 SDRAMs of up to 128 MB each. Max. capacity is 384 MB.
New Well, that's easy to check.
If the memory modules have two notches it's PC100/133. If only one it's PC2100/2700/3200
New Two notches
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Drew
New 256s are pretty scarce in that format.
I know I have one, but I'll have to look around and see if I can find any more. I have plenty of 64s and 128s.
New Great timing
I guess they came out with the next style of RAM just as 256 was coming out. And that's the board I got. Sweet.
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Drew
New A check of eBAY, PC133 256 . . .
. . comes up with a slew of them between $5 and $12, including some listed as "new". Most require PayPal payment.
New Don't know what I was searching for before
But apparently it was the wrong thing, and way more expensive.
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Drew
New Oh, they'll be expensive through normal distribution . . .
. . like Tech Data, etc. - but it looks like a lot of folks got caught with the latest PC133s just as the mother board makers switched to PC2100. The secondary market has plenty of them at good prices.
New If that's the case...
and some others mention that it is the case (e.g. http://www.motherboa...0ba95560d3a0e550c ), then you can get 128 MB sticks from Crucial for $23 each, or $15 each at MemoryX ( http://www.memoryx.net/axd.html ).

That first link mentions installing a "Slot T Celeron" upgrade. It apparently was fairly popular years ago - it wouldn't be worth the money today (assuming you could find it). http://www.duhvoodoo.../LFL/Slot-T_1.htm

Cheers,
Scott.
New It's already got 2 x 128
And it's maxed out as soon as Gnome launches.
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Drew
New XFCE... dude
New Performance is a hardware issue
Even if I have to buy the RAM new, it'll eventually be worth it to not have to learn a whole new way to work.
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Drew
New You might want to bite the bullet.
Even moving up one generation would make a huge performance difference. Your time is worth something - don't be too cheap.

E.g. a 3 GHz Dell P4 (1 GB/4 GB Max, etc., etc.) small form factor box for $145 - http://www.usedcompu...tem.asp?ID=185254

Look around a little. Or tell us your budget and let us look around for you. :-)

Good luck.

Cheers,
Scott.
New Well damn
Wish I had known about that site a few days ago. I just got a an HP dc7100 for $99 and ordered some more memory. Would have liked a system that could hold the full-height DVD burner. Oh well.
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Drew
     Anybody got spares in the closet? - (drook) - (33)
         Probably have some . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (17)
             Groovy, danke -NT - (drook) - (16)
                 Re: Groovy, danke - (Andrew Grygus) - (15)
                     Neat - (drook)
                     Wrong memory type?? - (scoenye) - (13)
                         Well, that's easy to check. - (Andrew Grygus) - (6)
                             Two notches -NT - (drook) - (5)
                                 256s are pretty scarce in that format. - (Andrew Grygus) - (4)
                                     Great timing - (drook) - (3)
                                         A check of eBAY, PC133 256 . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2)
                                             Don't know what I was searching for before - (drook) - (1)
                                                 Oh, they'll be expensive through normal distribution . . . - (Andrew Grygus)
                         If that's the case... - (Another Scott) - (5)
                             It's already got 2 x 128 - (drook) - (4)
                                 XFCE... dude -NT - (folkert) - (3)
                                     Performance is a hardware issue - (drook) - (2)
                                         You might want to bite the bullet. - (Another Scott) - (1)
                                             Well damn - (drook)
         What motherboard is it going in? -NT - (folkert) - (4)
             Re: What motherboard is it going in? - (drook) - (3)
                 Drookenstein? - (folkert) - (2)
                     Yup, docs on the board say 256MB max -NT - (drook) - (1)
                         Re: Yup, docs on the board say 256MB max - (folkert)
         I'll check too, when I get home. -NT - (Another Scott)
         I have one..think its pc 2100? - (beepster) - (1)
             Thanks, looks like Andrew's got twins - (drook)
         Re: Anybody got spares in the closet? - (lincoln) - (1)
             See above, docs say 256MB max -NT - (drook)
         Take a drive to Lorain? - (Another Scott) - (4)
             Great googly moogly - (drook) - (3)
                 Oh well, just lost $30 - (drook) - (2)
                     :-( - (Another Scott) - (1)
                         With half a tray full of them he's still trying to sell? - (drook)

It would have been much more tolerable if they used wires and an action figure.
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