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" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx> > 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 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 7:52 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Gateway Question > > > >I was given an old gateway as payment for fixing a computer for a friend of > >my landlord. > > > > It's a E Series 5400. 966MHz CPU and 256mb Of ram. 10 gig hard drive > > running XP Home /SP2. > > > > I let both Crucial and Memory4all scan the computer to see what memory > > upgrade is available. as told by both sites that this computer MUST have > > the correct PC800 to work. Crucial did not show any and memory4all > > showed only 512mb sticks for 199 USD. At that price I'm going to stay > > with the 256 for awhile. > > > > I would like to put a different hard drive in, 10 gigs is just a little > > to small. The hard drive in it is a Quantum Fireball EX 10.2 A. It has > > 5400RPM. My question is do I need to use another 5400RPM or can I use a > > 7200? > > > > A little long winded but I wanted to explain things. > > > > Steve > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------