dell ram upgrade

any one know what the biggest piece of RAM i can put in to a dell inspiron 1100 w/ the A32 bios. (plz say 1GB)rolleyes

 

Why not ask Dell?
Or better yet, ask the RAM experts at:
www.corsair.com
or
www.crucial.com

I personally use crucial a lot. Put in your make and model # and it will tell you exactly what ram to get and how much your system will take.
You can even buy the recommeded ram while you're there.
That makes it very handy, INDEED!

Cheers mate!
The Shadow :cool

PS: I just did a quick check at Crucial and found that you indeed have a laptop computer and that 1 gig is the maximum amount of memory you can have installed. Here's an excerpt from that page:

* Maximum Memory: 1024MB
* USB Support: 2.x Compliant
* Standard Memory: 128 or 256MB removable
* Slots: 2 (2 banks of 1)
* Please ensure you have installed the latest BIOS update for your system before upgrading the memory.

I hope that's helpful to you.

Shadow:cool

 

According to ZDnet the inspiron 1100 has a maximum capacity of 512Mb (1/2 Gb)
http://review.zdnet.com/laptops/dell-inspiron-1100/4507-3121_16-21127907.html

However, according to Edgetechcorp the limit is 1G
http://www.edgetechcorp.com/memory/upgrade.asp?cid=15667

Notebook review also lists it at 1Gb
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=1662

My only conclusion is that ZDnet was meaning 512Mb per slot (you have 2 slots)

 

I did ask dell and they cant say..:confused, hey I dont work there i just have to talk to them. but i have a new bookmark or two now!!
thanks alot.

 

Hacker183,
Look in the little compartment on the bottom of your laptop, where the ram lives. You should have one stick in one socket and the other socket empty.

If the installed ram is less than 512meg, then you should remove it and replace it with TWO 512meg sticks, one in each of the two sockets. That will give you the maximum that the mobo will take.
One gig of ram will run XP fairly well......not at absolute peak performance, but as good as you're going to get in that computer.

Then it's just a matter of shutting down all the background programs that you don't absolutely NEED running all the time to free up some ram and CPU time.

Since XP is very HD intensive, keeping your HD free of errors and Defragmented is also critical to good performance.

Running "Disk Cleanup" and "Defrag" once a week will go a long ways toward improving performance.

Good Luck,
The Shadow :cool

 

"Houston we have a problem." ok this will be ez I've put ram in laptop before.
Wrong, I put the new PNY 512 PC2700/PC2100<what i need)/PC1600 in and go to turn it on, the lights come on and the num lock and scroll lock flash 10 times and it shuts down:confused I've put in; 1, 2 , 1 new 1 old, but no thing boot w/ the 2x128 or 1x128 right now im look to see if i have any 256 some were and test that. :§