-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Gateway Question

  • From: DeaconDeamon@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:29:14 +0000

Judith thanks for the offer but I believe that it will not work.  The ram this 
thing has is RDRAM. Not yelling there. But again thank you for the offer.
Steve

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Judith/agoodread.com" <jtb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

> I have an old memory card. It says PC100-322-620 -- I believe 
> it's 128 K 
> 
> Went to this place I found in google: 
> 
> http://www.allmemoryupgrades.com/pc100sdram.html 
> 
> Have no clue whether this is for HP or Gateway? Free if you can 
> use it. 
> 
> Judith 
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> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 3:25 AM 
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Gateway Question 
> 
> 
> Hi Don 
> Your right it's a Gateway thing with the ram. 
> Like I told G, I'm not going to sink a lot of money into this. 
> I'll use it for know as it's faster then the one I was using. 
> ( see my reply to G) 
> My income is very limited, and I don't use credit cards, I get 
> in trouble with them, So my plan is to use this machine for a 
> couple three months till I can put away enough to pick up a new 
> machine. 
> Thanks for the info. Walmart is where I was pricing them. 
> Steve 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "don101" 
> 
> > I thought dinosaurs were extinct. :-)) 
> > 
> > If you have a hard drive laying around collecting dust go 
> > ahead and use it. 
> > 4500, 5400 or 7200 should not matter... but then I would have 
> > said the same 
> > about using PC600 memory to save a few bucks over the PC800. 
> > It must be a 
> > Gateway thing. 
> > 
> > If you have to buy a hard drive, a new one will cost more than 
> > the computer 
> > is worth, so look around for a used one somewhere. I used to 
> > have 3 or 4 
> > 20-40 GB drives laying around and I'm sure others still do. 
> > 
> > I looked at a few memory sites... one said your computer had 2 
> > banks of 2 
> > slots each (mount sticks in pairs only) and another said it 
> > was 4 banks of 1 
> > slot each (mount sticks individually). Either way you are 
> > looking at around 
> > $75 to 125 for a gigabyte of RAM. 
> > 
> > Apparently the Gateway uses Rambus memory sticks. If I recall 
> > correctly, 
> > that was a very short lived technology so the RAM will be in 
> > short supply 
> > and higher priced. (Compare to a little over $100 to add 2 GB 
> > to my Dell) 
> > 
> > Wal*Mart is now selling an e-machines computer with Win XP 
> > Home, 2.xGHz 
> > processor, DVD Super Drive and 512MB of RAM (RAM might be 1GB, 
> > but I don't 
> > think so). Price: $298.00 
> > 
> > So don't waste a lot of money on RAM or a hard drive unless 
> > you just want 
> > the experience of working on and upgrading an old computer. 
> > 
> > Don 
> > 
> 
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