Guest racing ck Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Hp tech cannot furnish the info I need. Does anyone have the above pc. How much ram can the motherboard support. There are 3 DIMMS and I have 2 x 256 mb pc 133 at the moment. TIA
Guest David H. Lipman Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Re: Presario 5645AP From: "racing ck" <racingck@discussions.microsoft.com> | Hp tech cannot furnish the info I need. Does anyone have the above pc. How | much ram can the motherboard support. There are 3 DIMMS and I have 2 x 256 mb | pc 133 at the moment. TIA 384MB -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
Guest Bill in Co. Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Re: Presario 5645AP David H. Lipman wrote: > From: "racing ck" <racingck@discussions.microsoft.com> > >> Hp tech cannot furnish the info I need. Does anyone have the above pc. >> How >> much ram can the motherboard support. There are 3 DIMMS and I have 2 x >> 256 >> mb pc 133 at the moment. TIA > > 384MB ?? How can that be, though? He's already got 512 MB installed, doesn't he?
Guest David H. Lipman Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Re: Presario 5645AP From: "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> | | ?? How can that be, though? He's already got 512 MB installed, doesn't | he? | Good point. Both these memory upgrade locations indicate a maximum of 384MB in 3 slots. Getting information from http://www.hp.com is a nightmare and is one of the reasons HP computers suck. http://www.upgradecomputermemory.com/ram.cfm/Memory/C/Compaq/Presario-Desktop-Memory/Presario-5600-Series/Presario-5645AP/128MB-Compaq-DeskproProsignia-PC100-non-ECC-SDRAM-DIMM-KTC6611128.html http://www.memoryx.net/copr56me42.html -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
Guest Brian A. Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Re: Presario 5645AP "racing ck" <racingck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:224436AD-FC59-405B-8800-BB36B153E8F7@microsoft.com... > Hp tech cannot furnish the info I need. Does anyone have the above pc. How > much ram can the motherboard support. There are 3 DIMMS and I have 2 x 256 mb > pc 133 at the moment. TIA Everywhere I searched on Presario 5645AP specifications report 3 banks, 128MB is the largest use can use in each bank and 384MB is the max. What is the motherboard exact make/model used for the PC? You can also check out: http://www.crucial.com/ to find out what's installed and how much you can install. -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://basconotw.mvps.org/ Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
Guest racing ck Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Re: Presario 5645AP Mobo never change before. I would have thought that I can insert another 256 mb in the 3rd bank but it will give a '\system32\pci.sys error" . Ittook quite a while to get it going with 2 rams again. The pc is showing 512 mb of ram so at 128mb of ram per bank can't be right. It just shows how things are covered up duirng the manufacturing/documentation process. Anywhere thanks a lot for your time and will just live with 512 mb "Brian A." wrote: > "racing ck" <racingck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:224436AD-FC59-405B-8800-BB36B153E8F7@microsoft.com... > > Hp tech cannot furnish the info I need. Does anyone have the above pc. How > > much ram can the motherboard support. There are 3 DIMMS and I have 2 x 256 mb > > pc 133 at the moment. TIA > > Everywhere I searched on Presario 5645AP specifications report 3 banks, 128MB is > the largest use can use in each bank and 384MB is the max. > What is the motherboard exact make/model used for the PC? > > You can also check out: http://www.crucial.com/ to find out what's installed and > how much you can install. > > -- > > > Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience } > Conflicts start where information lacks. > http://basconotw.mvps.org/ > > Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > > >
Guest Colin Barnhorst Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Re: Presario 5645AP At the time the computer was built 128mb modules were probably what you could get. I don't doubt that 256mb modules work also but I bet that they were not tested in the machine at the time it was built so the manufacturer set the specifications in the docs according to what they could test and therefore support. The various websites that sell memory have only the manufacturer's docs to go by so when their software looks up the mobo data it reports the last known mfg specs. I'm sure they were never updated. I should think that three 256mb modules would likely work but the chipset drivers may only support 512mb and the only way to tell is try it. It is possible that 512mb would be the limit because that was the max supported by Win9x/ME (at least at the time). "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message news:uFYebB9iIHA.5820@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > From: "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> > > > | > | ?? How can that be, though? He's already got 512 MB installed, > doesn't > | he? > | > > Good point. > > Both these memory upgrade locations indicate a maximum of 384MB in 3 > slots. > Getting information from http://www.hp.com is a nightmare and is one of the > reasons HP computers > suck. > > http://www.upgradecomputermemory.com/ram.cfm/Memory/C/Compaq/Presario-Desktop-Memory/Presario-5600-Series/Presario-5645AP/128MB-Compaq-DeskproProsignia-PC100-non-ECC-SDRAM-DIMM-KTC6611128.html > > http://www.memoryx.net/copr56me42.html > > > > -- > Dave > http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html > Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp > >
Guest Colin Barnhorst Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Re: Presario 5645AP See my other post. "racing ck" <racingck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AD9259C3-FEB7-40F7-A786-BA90BDD6E873@microsoft.com... > Mobo never change before. I would have thought that I can insert another > 256 > mb in the 3rd bank but it will give a '\system32\pci.sys error" . Ittook > quite a while to get it going with 2 rams again. The pc is showing 512 mb > of > ram so at 128mb of ram per bank can't be right. It just shows how things > are > covered up duirng the manufacturing/documentation process. Anywhere thanks > a > lot for your time and will just live with 512 mb > > "Brian A." wrote: > >> "racing ck" <racingck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:224436AD-FC59-405B-8800-BB36B153E8F7@microsoft.com... >> > Hp tech cannot furnish the info I need. Does anyone have the above pc. >> > How >> > much ram can the motherboard support. There are 3 DIMMS and I have 2 x >> > 256 mb >> > pc 133 at the moment. TIA >> >> Everywhere I searched on Presario 5645AP specifications report 3 banks, >> 128MB is >> the largest use can use in each bank and 384MB is the max. >> What is the motherboard exact make/model used for the PC? >> >> You can also check out: http://www.crucial.com/ to find out what's >> installed and >> how much you can install. >> >> -- >> >> >> Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience } >> Conflicts start where information lacks. >> http://basconotw.mvps.org/ >> >> Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm >> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 >> >> >>
Guest David H. Lipman Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Re: Presario 5645AP From: "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> | At the time the computer was built 128mb modules were probably what you | could get. I don't doubt that 256mb modules work also but I bet that they | were not tested in the machine at the time it was built so the manufacturer | set the specifications in the docs according to what they could test and | therefore support. The various websites that sell memory have only the | manufacturer's docs to go by so when their software looks up the mobo data | it reports the last known mfg specs. I'm sure they were never updated. | | I should think that three 256mb modules would likely work but the chipset | drivers may only support 512mb and the only way to tell is try it. It is | possible that 512mb would be the limit because that was the max supported by | Win9x/ME (at least at the time). | That's a good explanation. However the following was noted by the OP... "I would have thought that I can insert another 256mb in the 3rd bank but it will give a '\system32\pci.sys' error" Therrfore the hardware probably has limitations as well. Maybe a BIOS upgrade could correct this. But I doubt one exists. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
Guest Colin Barnhorst Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Re: Presario 5645AP That's what I meant by the chipset drivers. It is probably not the BIOS. But there would not be any recent updates. "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message news:ugAqNfEjIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > From: "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> > > | At the time the computer was built 128mb modules were probably what you > | could get. I don't doubt that 256mb modules work also but I bet that > they > | were not tested in the machine at the time it was built so the > manufacturer > | set the specifications in the docs according to what they could test and > | therefore support. The various websites that sell memory have only the > | manufacturer's docs to go by so when their software looks up the mobo > data > | it reports the last known mfg specs. I'm sure they were never updated. > | > | I should think that three 256mb modules would likely work but the > chipset > | drivers may only support 512mb and the only way to tell is try it. It > is > | possible that 512mb would be the limit because that was the max > supported by > | Win9x/ME (at least at the time). > | > > That's a good explanation. However the following was noted by the OP... > "I would have thought that I can insert another 256mb in the 3rd bank but > it will give a > '\system32\pci.sys' error" > > Therrfore the hardware probably has limitations as well. Maybe a BIOS > upgrade could correct > this. > But I doubt one exists. > > -- > Dave > http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html > Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp > >
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