how to find the mobo spec

[Guest hillary]

This pc have the mobo with M266A written on the board. It alos have the

chipset VIA

8235

There are 4 DIMMS and 2 are occupied (192 + 256) DDR400. Now I want to know

how much ram can this mobo support. Google M266A and there are many but which

one should I pick. Any advice much appreciate.

[Guest John John]

Re: how to find the mobo spec

 

Search on the BIOS ID string. The id string may appear on the screen

when the computer boots or you may find it by accessiong th BIOS.

 

http://www.motherboards.org/moboidtools.html

 

There are tools available that can get the id string for you:

 

http://www.motherboards.org/tools/downloads.html

 

John

 

hillary wrote:

> This pc have the mobo with M266A written on the board. It alos have the

> chipset VIA

> 8235

> There are 4 DIMMS and 2 are occupied (192 + 256) DDR400. Now I want to know

> how much ram can this mobo support. Google M266A and there are many but which

> one should I pick. Any advice much appreciate.

[Guest Heirloom]

Re: how to find the mobo spec

 

John John,

Wouldn't SiSoft Sandra or Belarc provide the needed info???.....and,

wouldn't the Me OS be the operational limiting factor for the ram? I seem

to recall something about that, could be wrong, probably am.

Heirloom, old and time for a nap

 

"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message

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> Search on the BIOS ID string. The id string may appear on the screen when

> the computer boots or you may find it by accessiong th BIOS.

>

> http://www.motherboards.org/moboidtools.html

>

> There are tools available that can get the id string for you:

>

> http://www.motherboards.org/tools/downloads.html

>

> John

>

> hillary wrote:

>

>> This pc have the mobo with M266A written on the board. It alos have the

>> chipset VIA

>> 8235

>> There are 4 DIMMS and 2 are occupied (192 + 256) DDR400. Now I want to

>> know how much ram can this mobo support. Google M266A and there are many

>> but which one should I pick. Any advice much appreciate.

[Guest glee]

Re: how to find the mobo spec

 

Download, install, and run EVEREST Free Edition:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/EVEREST_Free_Edition_d4181.html

 

In the Computer> Summary and the Motherboard> Motherboard sections, it should

identify your motherboard. After that you can google your board for details of its

RAM capacity.

 

Also, you can go to the Crucial or Kingston web sites and look up your motherboard

on their memory configurators. They will show you the exact modules that are

compatible, in various sizes, along with the total amount you can use in the system.

Crucial also has an ActiveX control that will let you scan your system and tell you

what RAM you can install, and in what amounts.

 

http://www.crucial.com

 

http://www.kingston.com

--

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"hillary" <hillary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:16ED8F7A-51F4-4E3C-BCD1-6E786F7E6342@microsoft.com...

> This pc have the mobo with M266A written on the board. It alos have the

> chipset VIA

> 8235

> There are 4 DIMMS and 2 are occupied (192 + 256) DDR400. Now I want to know

> how much ram can this mobo support. Google M266A and there are many but which

> one should I pick. Any advice much appreciate.

[Guest Greegor]

Re: how to find the mobo spec

 

> This pc have the mobo with M266A written on the board.

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> There are 4 DIMMS and 2 are occupied

 

Apparently it's NOT an ASRock M266A

which has 2 DDR 400 slots with 2 GB max.

 

The VIA chipset involved is P4M266A so several

makers boards are likely called M266A

but it's probably a 2.4 or 2.6 GHz board.