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 > Making the Complicated Simple! > Learn how to turn your knowledge > & expertise into cash > http://www.agoodread.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > 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 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything > below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. > > To unsubscribe or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: > pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------