Redeye

Thanks to you both for taking the time to assist. New compy here we come ! R

Thanks for that, Ken: looking at the motherboard specs that you kindly provided the link for, it states that it has 2 expansion slots - but mine doesn't ! However, the 'Leader of the Opposition' has OK'd the purchase of a new compy - she too is fed up with the sluggish performance of this one - now some 10 years old! Kind regards, R.

I wish to up the DDR memory on my XP Home Edition driven computer, from 1 gb to 2 gb. The motherboard is an ASUS K8V-MX, and system spec (as scanned by CRUCIAL) is: DDR Upgrade for the ASUS K8V-MX Memory: DDR PC3200, DDR PC2700 Memory Type: DDR PC3200, DDR PC2700, DDR (ECC) Maximum Memory: 2GB Slots: 2 Each memory slot can hold DDR PC3200, DDR PC2700 with a maximum of 1GB per slot. CRUCIAL also quoted me £100+ to supply 2 x 1gb DDR, ECC !!! Looking on eBay, I saw several sellers of (used) 1gb DDR, ECC,but they stated these were for servers only, home computers use non-ECC. I emailed a couple of these sellers, who both said I should be looking at non-ECC. Why, then, did the CRUCIAL scan tell me ECC? And where can I find a cheaper source - I'm almost halfway to a new computer at that price? Basically, I don't understand the difference between ECC & non-ECC: I thought ECC was buffered & non-ECC was unbuffered, but I was told ECC can also be unbuffered? Confused of Scarborough !