can someone explain, sorry to sound like a dork

[JacobM5727]

ok, ram, i need it, i will get some, but......


my system supports dimm, sdram
is all sdram dimm, or what

can someone explain, i need sdram dimm, i search for sdram, i get mac ram, i search for ram i get ram that doesnt say it is sdram. is sdram the standard is pc-100\133 all sdram or are there different types (dont need to explain the speeds i know)
i just ask because its hard to search sorry to be a....whiner ^_^ thanks


edit: let me add, i know about the types but the problem is i dont know how to identify it while shopping ect.

[This message has been edited by JacobM5727 (edited 05-18-2001).]

[JacobM5727]

is all ram sdram unless otherwise noted?
because i often just see things like "basic pc100" is that sdram?

[Yar1182]

I'll spare you the technical mumbo jumbo. SDRAM is the most common ram today. Basicly anything you buy is going to be SDRAM unless you have a very, very old machine, this is what you want. What you want to do is get memory that matches the frontside bus speed of your processor or mother board. That's either going to be PC 100 or PC 133 (PC 66 is hard to find nowadays and pc 100 should work in it's place). I'd get PC 133 (will work on a 100MHz machine)unless you have a old motherboard that will not support PC 133. Either way you should read your motherboard manual.
Another thing to consider is the quality of the memory you purchase. There are 3 grades. Standard, Premium, and lifetime. The standard memory is the cheapest, but are cobled together with parts from various manufactures. It also doesn't work with some motherboards. I've had very bad luck with this memory. It usually has a 30 day warrentee. The Premium has a 90 day warentee and I've had pretty good luck with it. It's worked on every motherboard of every computer I've upgraded or built. The Lifetime has a "lifetime" warrentee and is usually from a major memory manufacture such as toshiba. People tell me it is better and faster, but I really don't notice a difference from the premium.
I'd check out crucial.com. They have a memory selector that helps you chose the right memory for your system, if it's a major name brand machine such as a Dell, IBM, Gateway, or Compaq

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[JacobM5727]

hey i like techno mumbo jumbo ^_-

lol@myself my system has a 67mhz bus speed

but pc100 is in there now... thanks alot

[SoopaStar]

67mhz? doubt it. Probably 6mhz. celeron? If so you can use most PC100 that is out there. If you want to be on the safe side, goto www.crucial.com (http://www.crucial.com) and get the PC100 from then. Your system should support it.

Paul

[NDC]

I think you mean 66Mhz, not 6Mhz, SoopaStar. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[JacobM5727]

i have a 433celeron\66fsb @ 435\67fsb
the biggest boost my bios do

[JacobM5727]

crucial.com didnt have my system - nec ready 9907

[Yar1182]

Very odd. Your machine falls in between those listed. I looked at several of the NEC Ready machines and they all seem to use SDRAM pc100 cl=2 non parity memory. They may have different part numbers, but essentially they are the same thing. I can't imagine NEC changing specs between all their various Ready systems. You can probably order for the 9905 or 9908 and be fine. At $39 a $128 MB dim you really can't go wrong. If your worried about it you could call them to make sure. either way Crucial has a great return policy if it doesn't work.