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Name: rapattack
Date: March 29, 2008 at 05:23:14 Pacific
OS: Ubuntu 6
CPU/Ram: 600mhz?/256mb
Product: Dell Inspiron 7500
Comment:

Hi I am thinking of getting more ram and have been reading this page http://support.dell.com/support/edo...
does this mean that the maximum I can use is what is stated in these specs? I spotted this one on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI...
but would I be better off getting this one
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI...
?

"The meaning of life is to be happy and useful" Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama



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Response Number 1
Name: tyme1012
Date: March 29, 2008 at 05:42:31 Pacific
Reply:

according to the page you provided, it seems your laptop only supports 66 and 100 MHz RAM, so the second RAM you posted from eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI...
would work fine, but the other wouldn't, because it 133 Mhz.

If your looking to upgrade your RAM, then you should look for a 512mb stick instead of a 256mb, seeing your max is 512mb.


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Response Number 2
Name: rapattack
Date: March 29, 2008 at 05:57:09 Pacific
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Thanks for that info. I was looking at the 512mb ram but it is beyond my budget. I am on a pension. Since I am using Ubuntu things are pretty fast. I am also thinking of the small amount of funds I have sitting in paypal.
Oh also I noticed some of the ram listed on ebay say said '256mb pc100 sd ram *A1'. What is the A1 or b something about?

"The meaning of life is to be happy and useful" Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama


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Response Number 3
Name: Bakers
Date: March 29, 2008 at 06:30:12 Pacific
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Response Number 4
Name: rapattack
Date: March 29, 2008 at 07:52:24 Pacific
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MMMmmmmm interesting so I can get the pc133. Lovely. Better prices on those ones!!! Hopefully can get two 256mb modules as that will get it speeding along! Your a gem! Thanks so much!

"The meaning of life is to be happy and useful" Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama


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Response Number 5
Name: rapattack
Date: March 29, 2008 at 07:59:21 Pacific
Reply:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/PC133-256MB-...

This looks like a good deal.

"The meaning of life is to be happy and useful" Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama


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Response Number 6
Name: rapattack
Date: March 29, 2008 at 08:06:19 Pacific
Reply:

This is a better deal http://cgi.ebay.com.au/IBM-256MB-PC...

"The meaning of life is to be happy and useful" Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama


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Response Number 7
Name: Bakers
Date: March 29, 2008 at 10:26:10 Pacific
Reply:

Not all PC133 is the same, many sticks are CL2.5 or CL3, if you look at the Crucial page it states CL2. Also Crucial Gaurauntee the Memory will work......


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Response Number 8
Name: OtheHill
Date: March 29, 2008 at 14:09:12 Pacific
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Your Laptop is limited to 2 - 256MB sticks. Have you determined that you currently have only one stick? Possible you could have 2 - 128MB sticks. In that case you would need to pull one or more sticks in order to up the memory.

Also, laptop RAM can be very fussy. I suggest that you go to Kingston, Crucial, Mushkin and look for system specific RAM. As Bakers pointed out Crucial.com guarantees their RAM to work. Disturbingly, in the last week there have been two threads here indicating a decline in Crucial's reliability.

Using an online scan of your laptop will indicate if your current memory consists of 1 or 2 modules. It will also give you a number for a compatible module.

http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/con...


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Response Number 9
Name: rapattack
Date: March 29, 2008 at 19:12:01 Pacific
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I have 2 x 128mb stick in the machine right now. Originally I had one stick and I added another from an even older machine i found. I understand about the fussiness as someone gave me a 256mb stick a few month ago and my machine didn't like it. The stick worked but not in my machine. The friend that gave it to me ....well I gave it back to him and he used it in another lappie. So yes I am looking at getting 2 x 256mb stick now if I can afford it.
Is system specific ....do you mean Dell as the machine is a Dell?

"The meaning of life is to be happy and useful" Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama


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Response Number 10
Name: rapattack
Date: March 29, 2008 at 19:13:17 Pacific
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What about IBM ram? http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI...

"The meaning of life is to be happy and useful" Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama


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Response Number 11
Name: OtheHill
Date: March 29, 2008 at 19:19:10 Pacific
Reply:

I gave you a link at the bottom of my last post.


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Response Number 12
Name: rapattack
Date: March 30, 2008 at 19:23:52 Pacific
Reply:

About the Kingston ram? I did see that they were talking about some recommended ram brands but I don't know if that is an absolute or not. I didn't see ibm memtioned.
Btw I got an email from a friend that had a stick of ram that was 256mb pc133 and it didn't work on my machine. I only remembered this when he emailed in responce to me asking if he had any sticks. He also had forgotten that we tried his stick of ram before in my machine. It was several months ago and we are always giving each other pc parts.

"The meaning of life is to be happy and useful" Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama


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Response Number 13
Name: OtheHill
Date: March 30, 2008 at 20:16:02 Pacific
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That is why you need to use system specific RAM.


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Response Number 14
Name: rapattack
Date: March 31, 2008 at 05:28:29 Pacific
Reply:

OK yeah I agree I will stick to that then! Thanks!!!

"The meaning of life is to be happy and useful" Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama


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