I need more memory. My pc has 466Mhz and 13 gig
hard drive and 192 SDRAM.

Can I put an extra 128 or 256 SDRAM in along with what I
already have. Or if I have 192 and I put in a 128 with the
192 will it work only on the 128. I was told that if I
put a lower ram in than what I have it will work off the
lowest. Is this true?
thanks

this is a question about your motherboard.
Check your manufacturer's website to see what it will accept.
Note that all 256M modules are not all the same.
I found out the hard way.
some motherboards won't be able to use the higher density
memory ( less chips per stick example: low density ~ 16 chips
for 256, high density ~ 8 chips for same mem )

"I was told that if I put a lower ram in than what I have
it will work off the lowest. Is this true?"

no. sounds like someone's telling stories....

mboards with SDram have a certain number of slots.
some mboards have features that can be utilized if you
put in matched memory sizes (paging, ect .. techie stuff)

you should be able to plug in as many sticks as you have slots.
the total memory seen should be total memory installed....
up to whatever the mb is capable of.
for extrememly large ram, I have read there are probs.....
I would just pu tin the 2 128M sticks and toss the 64M..
unless the mboard used system ram for video.
but that's me.

Stephan


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I need more memory. My pc has 466Mhz and 13 gig
hard drive and 192 SDRAM.

Can I put an extra 128 or 256 SDRAM in along with what I
already have. Or if I have 192 and I put in a 128 with the
192 will it work only on the 128. I was told that if I
put a lower ram in than what I have it will work off the
lowest. Is this true?
thanks

So you probably have one 128MB stick and one 64MB stick. Or is it three 64MB sticks?

RAM sticks *should_be* matched for best performance and reliability. Adding a stick to what's already there can be less reliable--may work fine, may work fine most of the time, may error out a lot, or may not boot at all.

With RAM at today's low prices, I usually recommend getting all new sticks from www.crucial.com, as much as your system will comfortably handle. Crucial.com has all the helper tools you need to figure out what you need. And you simply can't do better than Crucial for reliability, quality, economy and customer service.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Windows 9x


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When it was new it came with a 96 and I bought it used at
a pc store and I am guess they put another 96 in it to
make it 192.
Thanks for the info.
less reliable--may work fine, may work fine most of the
time, may error out a lot, or may not boot at all.
your system will comfortably handle. Crucial.com has all
the helper tools you need to figure out what you need. And
you simply can't do better than Crucial for reliability,
quality, economy and customer service.

There is no such thing as a 96MB stick of RAM. Standard sizes that are in the range we're talking about are 32, 64, 128 and 256 (and now, 512 and 1GB sticks are common.)

Sounds like it had one 32 and one 64 before you bought it, and they replaced the 32 with a 128.

This has little bearing on the current topic, however. If you really want to increase RAM in your machine, you need to identify the motherboard, then figure out what amount of total RAM it will handle (and many will not really do well with the absolute theoretical maximums they publish, so be careful), then purchase all new RAM based upon that data.

If you don't know how to proceed, post back and tell me as much as you can about your machine--the hardware--and if you don't have a manufacturer's splash screen right when you start up--if you have the standard DOS-looking screen with various stuff flashing by before Windows starts to load--then use the Pause/Break key to stop the process when you see a long string of numbers and letters at the bottom (usually) of the screen. Write that down and include it in your post.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Windows 9x


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