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Post June 28th, 2005, 12:15 am

Ok I am getting a new motherboard so I can have more than 384mb RAM maximum. But I do not know anything about motherboards. I need to know if this would be capatible with my specs. I don't have alot to spend, so I went with the idea of buying a refurbished one from newegg. Also if you need anymore info on my computer, let me know and how to check it. And my computer is a Dell Dimension 4300.

Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 813139146R

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Post June 28th, 2005, 12:15 am

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Post June 28th, 2005, 9:10 am

edit- Actually I just saw your system specs, it should work ok for you, though you may need to buy new ram to go with it.

2nd edit- Now that I think about it, why can't you put more than 384mb of ram in your existing motherboard? p4 1.6ghz isn't THAT old to be limited to that number.
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Post June 28th, 2005, 9:35 am

#1 - get ASUS
#2 - i would never get a refurbished product.

you may want to take a look at these before buying that - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... erCata=280
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Post June 28th, 2005, 10:54 am

Well seeing as I don't have much to spend, I think I am gonna get this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 813131462R
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Post June 28th, 2005, 11:33 am

Why are you so quick to upgrade your motherboard if you have such little money? I think more than likely you can upgrade your existing ram and spend less.
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Post June 28th, 2005, 11:57 am

Ishii : good point !
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Post June 28th, 2005, 1:16 pm

No, because form what bestbuy and 3 other computer dealers here in town say, no one makes a bigger size than 256 for my motherboard. I have a 128 and 256 in right now.
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Post June 28th, 2005, 1:23 pm

DELL 4200 specs;
RAM installed 256 MB
Number of memory slots 2
RAM capacity 1024 MB
RAM type PC133 SDRAM
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Post June 28th, 2005, 1:26 pm

Mine's a 4300. And where did you go to get that info?
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Post June 28th, 2005, 1:30 pm

well...
DELL 4300 specs;
Memory

SDRAM PC133

Memory connectors: 2

Memory capacities: 64-, 128-, 256-, and 512-MB non-ECC or ECC SDRAM
Minimum memory: 64 MB

Maximum memory: 512 MB

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/s ... tm#1101572

And someone allmost with the same problem --> http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/199595
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Post June 28th, 2005, 1:30 pm

I can send you some 512 sticks of pc133 SDRAM.

edit-It'd be worth a shot, I suspect all you'd need at most is a BIOS update to handle more than 512, though I don't even see why that's necessary unless Dell used a stupid brand of motherboard on that machine.
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Post June 28th, 2005, 1:43 pm

I think I am gonna go ahead and buy this motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 813131462R

And get this RAM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820227006
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Post June 28th, 2005, 1:48 pm

But why buy a new motherboard. When it says on dells own page, that you can use up to 512 mb of ram?
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Post June 28th, 2005, 1:55 pm

I really need 1gb+. Since I am an avid gamer and some games don't run very well on 384mb RAM. Recently I had to go out and purchase a new video card so I could run some games, I was running a Rage 128 Pro which isn't good at all.
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Post June 28th, 2005, 1:57 pm

So basically you're going to have a custom built machine in a dell case... if that was your idea all along, why didn't you just say so?
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