How picky with memory are EMACHINES?

[agathodaimon]

She has an eMachines T2890 computer right now, and it only has 256mb of memory installed.
Combine that with the crappy Norton AV it comes with, plus half a dozen other apps her kids have installed AND then finally the onboard video that uses SHARED memory...

In a nutshell, this computer pages to the hard drive when it is sitting still doing nothing.

http://www.emachines.com/suppo...=T-Series&model=T2890#

I was thinking of getting 2x 512mb sticks at newegg of the Wintec Ampo PC2700.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820161623

Do you think there will be any compatibility issues with this memory and the eMachine?
I don't want to purchase it and find out it won't boot. We kind of need it in a few days too, and they don't have any money.

 

[IlllI]

might want to ask in general hardware/ and or computer help forum

 

[agathodaimon]

Probably better to post it in General I guess.

Feel free to close this thread mods! 🙂

 

[mshan]

I did google search for emachiens t2890 motherboard and found this:

http://64.233.167.104/search?q...=2&gl=us&client=safari

My dad has a AMD Athlon 64 based emachines and it had a stock motherboard (MSI K8FID-GM2 or something like that) that you could buy retail at some place like Newegg.

I'd try and see exactly what mobo is in there and go from there (I would doubt it is proprietary like some Dells).

 

[Vesku]

I have found that generic RAM has a higher success rate on prebuilt machines. Although I haven't run into many memory problems since the 815ish era of Intel and the VIA era of AMD. I think you'll be fine with the memory you linked.

 

[DaveSimmons]

If you use the "memory advisor" tool at www.crucial.com they guarantee it will work.

 

[agathodaimon]

Thanks all, (in both threads, lol).

I looked at that link for the motherboard, and it looks like it's nothing proprietary.
Going to check out the Crucial site too.