MORE PC Ram, which one??

Miniwilliams · Post by **Miniwilliams** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:23 pm

Hi I'm doing more and more photo work and images are taking a while to process.
So was thinking some more ram might be a good idea.

Me computer is a Dell Optiplex GX270 Pentium 4, 512 ram. It has 4 ram slots.

there are so many sorts and specs to buy and I know if I get the wrong ones the PC will run slower!

Any help would be great thanks.

Matt

alexb · Post by **alexb** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:28 pm

As you've got 4 slots rather than 2 it seems you have the desktop-size GX270 instead of the Small Form Factor version. Therefore apparently you need:

DDR333 PC2700 184 pin CL2.5.

Something like one or 2 of these should do the trick (it will support up to 4GB):

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Qu ... 4294955847

Cheers,
Alex

Miniwilliams · Post by **Miniwilliams** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:30 pm

wow cheers Alex that's just the job. yes i have the larger desktop size machine.

One thing does it matter what the MHz is?

Many thanks :thumb:

Matt

alexb · Post by **alexb** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:26 pm

No worries

I *think* if you use faster memory it'll just operate at the speed it needs, but if you get slower it will operate slower...

Cheers,
Alex

Miniwilliams · Post by **Miniwilliams** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:43 pm

are that makes sense. thanks for your help.

Miniwilliams · Post by **Miniwilliams** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:01 am

Bought some ram a few weeks ago for another pc (1GB DDR PC2700 333MHz 184pin ) great i thought save some cash.

but when after placing it in the slot on it's own when i turn pc on it keeps bleeping, not sound nice any thoughts?

alexb · Post by **alexb** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:19 am

Hmm, sounds like the POST (Power On Self Test) trying to tell you there's a problem. Apparently you can tell something's up from the pattern of bleeps but of course you need to know what the pattern means...

Sounds silly but is the memory fitted correctly? also if you add that new module to the exsiting installed memory does the machine boot? if so does it show the additional ram in the control panel system applet?

Cheers,
Alex

Miniwilliams · Post by **Miniwilliams** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:28 am

That's interesting about the bleeping Alex.

And i'm sure it's fitted correctly as i tried it a few times. yes when i fitted it with another card, the control panel, didn't show the extra card size so it wasn't picking it up.

alexb · Post by **alexb** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:03 pm

Bugger. As much as I hate to suggest it a call to Dell or a local PC business might be useful in determining exactly the memory type you need. In the mean time a google search for "Dell Optiplex GX270 memory" might be useful.

On another tack, if you can download some diagnostic s/w (I'm a mac user now but I seem to remember SiSoft Sandra's demo version would tell you) and get it to interrogate the working memory and I think it will tell you exactly what type, speed, timing (the CAS bit) it is.

Hope that helps!

Cheers,

Alex

Miniwilliams · Post by **Miniwilliams** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:07 pm

That's top mate cheers, top man. =D>