Older HP Vectra and SDRAM.. It wont fit..???

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Lifer
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I have an older server grade HP Vectra with a PPro 200 (upgraded from a 150), only 96mb RAM.

I want to add more RAM, and have plenty of spare's laying around, but it physically dosn't fit into the slot. Everything lines up, but the "gaps" in the SDRAM is not large enough. (you know the 2 gaps between the contacts on the RAM).

What's the difference in the RAM?? I thought all SDRAM was the same form factor. Was there an older revision with a larger gaps??

Any info is appreciated...

Thanks.
 

AndyHui

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No Pentium Pro chipset supports SDRAM.

The 440FX chipset only supports EDO RAM and BEDO RAM. Your DIMMs are designed for EDO RAM, not SDRAM.
 

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Lifer
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Thanks Andy. This is the first Pentium Pro I've messed with and I just assumed is was SDRAM since it was a DIMM slot.

Hopefully I've got some EDO DIMMs laying around in my piles of crap ;-)



 

bozo1

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I don't remember about the PPro Vectras, but many of the Vectra models around the 100Mhz, 120Mhz range used proprietary memory.