SDRAM Memory Type and CPU

[dinger]

I am wanting to upgrade the memory in my computer but I'm not much of a hardware person. I have an HP Pavilion 4440 with a TEAN TN2 94V-o mother board which calls for SDRAM, 66 MHz, Intel PC SDRAM unbuffered DIMM specification, revision 1.0 compliant memory. I have talked to HP and they said that I would be able to go from an AMD-K6-2/333 MHz CPU to a AMD K6-2 500 CPU.

If I do this I will need to add more memory and I'm not sure what to buy. I go to pricewatch.com and all they have listed is 128MB SDRAM PC100 16x64 168pin and I'm not sure if this wil work or not.

Would anybody be able to shed some light on this for me.

Thanks.

[Buji]

Here (http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2BProductline=HP%2BPavilion+4400 +Series&model=Pavilion+4440&x=10&y=12)

[dinger]

I have found the site that you recomended but since they want $30 per a stick I was hopping to get some cheaper like the PC100 if that was possible. By the way yes I am cheap just ask my wife.

I guess I need to refine my question to: is the PC100 SDRAM downward compatable with a mother board that uses the 66 MHz sdram or is the PC100 SDRAM a totaly different memory?

[Buji]

Yes. It is backward compatible.

[dinger]

Thanks for the assistance.

I guess it's getting a little late for me. Yes it is backward and not downward.

[EdT]

Your motherboard will take PC66, PC100 PC133 32/64/128MB modules, do not buy 256 or 512MB sticks, theey will not work on your system, do it quickly memory prices are on the raise again after a historically low. You can upgrade today for less than $20 for a 128mb stick which costed like over $300 just a year ago.