Gateway 310 Ram???

I have a buddy with a 310, it does not have any letter designation after the 310. I am assuming it is an early 310 it was manufactured in 1992, he wants to up the ram. I am getting conflicting info on what its max capacity is, I contacted a seller on Ebay he said its max was 256. I ran Tapola SIW it reports that the max is 3gig. I ran the Intel board number it says 2gigs, would like to be sure of what it can run before he plunks his $$ down. The board is a IntelD845GVSR, any guidance always appreciated.

Phil

 

I think somewhere something is not quite right. That board is most likely more recent than 1992.

A couple things to check:

In SIW what capacity and type of memory does it list as installed in each slot? ie. Under Hardware>Memory: Slot 1 DDR (PC2700) capacity 1024mb; Slot2 DDR(PC2700) capacity 128mb

Does the white tag affixed (all electrical appliances have to have a tag on the back/bottom) to the back of the case have a more exact model number on it?

 

All that is on the tag on the back is the serial number which is 1100448040, like I initially stated it does not show any letter designation just 310. From poking around the net Gateway made a bunch of 310 group with many letters, not seeing is where it gets sticky. I just called him he is not sure of the exact age, he got the year 92 from one of the numbers on the rear panel that could very well relate to something else. I am thinking that the Intel number has to be correct at 2gigs, still just a tad leery!

Phil

 

Yes, I don't see any information from Gateway's site. Crucial.com only lists two 310(s).

One it says tops out at 1gb (2 512mb modules).
The other it says tops out at 2gb (2 1gb modules)

I don't see the difference between the two because they both take DDR (PC2700).

As long as his PC takes DDR rather than SDRAM he should definitely not be topping out at 256mb.

From my memory, that is the board in all the DELL 2400 PCs. DELL says they top out at 1gb but from experience they will accept 2 1gb modules for a total of 2gb. Since Intel says they will take 2gb, I would go with that. [The 3gb that SIW gives doesn't make sense since they only have two slots for memory]

 

Go back to SIW and see what it says for Motherboard.

(oops. Reread and you have run.)