Upgrading ram of horrible HP machine

[Appledrop]

Hello, for about 2 years my mum has had this horrid HP machine
it was originally

-celeron 1ghz
-128mb ram (1 stick of pc66, n one pc100 - GJ HP)
-Intel i810 chipset

One of the RAM Slots mysteriously broke ages ago, so it is not 64mb of pc100...

This is ridiculous for windows 2k.. the harddrive is whirring almost constantly. Ideally i would want at least 256mb..

Anyway, yesterday i went to put a stick of 512mb PC133.. and all i get is beeps.. I head to google, n search for the i810 chipset, and it says pc66 or pc100 bus.. Most motherboards would downclock it.. but no..

Anyway, before i invest in some PC100 memory, what size module do you think it can take? Will a stick of 512 definately work - remember i am limited to one ram stick.. or would motehrboard not recognise it???

Thanks..

 

[KenSr]

Check on the HP site for the model that you have. It should have what RAM will work with it.

Ken

 

[Appledrop]

meh, its old, and i dont know what model it is, jus want to know if there could possibly be any problems, as the system came with 64 ram in each slot, n hp are like dell, propietery crap, would it take a single stick of 256mb pc100 for sure?

 

[MDE]

Crucial. They will tell you what you need and guarantee it to be compatible.

 

[KenSr]

I doubt if its the PC133 that it doesn't like, I think it's the 512MB that won't work.
I had an older HP that came with one 64MB and one 32MB and it wouldn't take 512MB.
I found the info that I needed on the HP site.

 

[Abhi]

Originally posted by: MDE
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.crucial.com/">Crucial</a>. They will tell you what you need and guarantee it to be compatible.