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the thing u said about downloading your manual? do you mean get a program which tells you all the parts in your computer? Yeah ive heard of them they tell u everything brand n all in your computer. Can anyone post a link to download one please.

There are two things, both very different. The first is analysis programs, and they are free. they are numerous but I offer Everest Home by Lavalys.com. This  shows you what is on your computer and even compares it through performance with other computer examples. It shows the manufacturers of your equipment set up. There are others like sandra, from Sisoft.
That's the end of the first thing. The second is once you know what Motherboard and CPU you have you go to the manufacturer's site and go to 'downloads' and find your serial no.
after that in most cases you can download all information relevent to your set up. My manual is about 120 pages in pdf. format accessed by Adobe Reader 6.0

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Originally posted by phantazy
There are two things, both very different. The first is analysis programs, and they are free. they are numerous but I offer Everest Home by Lavalys.com. This  shows you what is on your computer and even compares it through performance with other computer examples. It shows the manufacturers of your equipment set up. There are others like sandra, from Sisoft.
That's the end of the first thing. The second is once you know what Motherboard and CPU you have you go to the manufacturer's site and go to 'downloads' and find your serial no.
after that in most cases you can download all information relevent to your set up. My manual is about 120 pages in pdf. format accessed by Adobe Reader 6.0

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thanx for the info ill try it out now thanx!

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hey this is an awesome program this Everest Home! thanx tons!

You can try Sandra, but it takes some time to go through its operations. Also 'Burn in Test' if you're interested.

well, now you can exactly see what type of memory you'll need to be 100% compatible with the already installed memory.

Menu > Motherboard > SPD
There look under: module type, memory type and memory speed. These are the 3 things you'll need to know when you'll go to the store.

eg: "Unbuffered DDR SDRAM PC2700 (166Mhz)"

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
well, now you can exactly see what type of memory you'll need to be 100% compatible with the already installed memory.

Menu > Motherboard > SPD
There look under: module type, memory type and memory speed. These are the 3 things you'll need to know when you'll go to the store.

eg: "Unbuffered DDR SDRAM PC2700 (166Mhz)"

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yeah it says Unbuffered DDR SDRAM PC2100 (133 MHz) thanx for that!

Make sure the (133) MHz you buy is the sameT the computer will even out different types of MHz. to be the lowest it finds.

the 512mb one i was looking at buying was 256MHz i think so your saying is that if i bought it , it would level out to 133MHz the speed of my lowest ram. Damn that kinda sux

Correct. Don't confuse Memory size (Mb) and speed (MHZ)

so when i get this 512mb of ram is it worth putting the 256mb of ram in with it evan if the 512 is gonna have more MHz it will still be 768mb so thats betta then just having the 512mb evan if betta speed MHz