Want To Upgrade My Ram

[Mumbo Jumbo]

Well here's the info from SWI ....... MotherBoard spec

Property Value

Manufacturer ACER

Model ERC410Mÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ

Version To be filled by O.E.M.

Serial Number To be filled by O.E.M.

Chipset Vendor ATI Technologies Inc

Chipset Model RS400/200 Host Bridge

South Bridge ALI M1573 South Bridge with Hypertransport Support

CPU Intel Pentium 4 HT

Cpu Socket LGA775 [socket 775]

Processor Upgrade

Max CPU Speed 3400 MHz

System Slots 1 PCI, 1 AGP

OnBoard devices

Video (Enabled) To Be Filled By O.E.M.

Memory Summary

Location System board or motherboard

Maximum Capacity 2048 MBytes

Memory Slots 2

Error Correction None

Use System memory

Maximum Memory Module Size 4096 MBytes

Warning! Accuracy of DMI data cannot be guaranteed=

not too sure if this tell's me what I need to know..?

any comments Please.....

Thanks ............. Mumbo

[BedPresser]

Just got S W I , what a great programe, now I know whats going on !!! its amazing

BP

[spacebass]

Dear Mumbo Jumbo,

If you don't know what going on by now you never will!!

space

[kayo]

I got SIW the other day. I can read stored password?!!!

I'm gonna run it off my housemates computer.. He has paid access to "interesting" sites....

[Mumbo Jumbo]

Well Just received an Email from Acer Thailand ........

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your question,

about upgrade ram model E500 has ram 4 sockets bus 400/533 ram type DDR2

max ram 4 GB.

Best regards,

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ( Helpdesk )

Acer Computer (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.

Tel. 66-02-685-4355

Fax. 66-02-685-4379

which is a bit different from the details found by S W I .....

Memory Summary

Location System board or motherboard

Maximum Capacity 2048 MBytes

Memory Slots 2

now I am confused ...any ideas or comments please ....?

Thanks ...... Mumbo

[solo siam]

Upgraded Bios? or just that when the motherboard came out they only bothered to test it with 2 Gigs as that was an enormous amount back then?

[nikster]

Well Just received an Email from Acer Thailand ........

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your question,

about upgrade ram model E500 has ram 4 sockets bus 400/533 ram type DDR2

max ram 4 GB.

Best regards,

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ( Helpdesk )

Acer Computer (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.

Tel. 66-02-685-4355

Fax. 66-02-685-4379

which is a bit different from the details found by S W I .....

Memory Summary

Location System board or motherboard

Maximum Capacity 2048 MBytes

Memory Slots 2

now I am confused ...any ideas or comments please ....?

Thanks ...... Mumbo

Well - time to pick up the screwdriver and check if you have 2 or 4 sockets. Faster than any Google search. And more precise

I found a website that claims that the ATI RS-400 chipset supports 4 GB of RAM: http://users.erols.com/chare/chipsets.htm

On the other hand, if I were you I would set a budget, then take the PC to the next IT mall and have some store upgrade it for me while I watch them install the RAM. Then we'll see if there's 2 or 4 slots, which RAM we need, etc, and they can get it all done right there. 2x2GB Ram sticks will likely be pretty expensive.

Looks like 1GB RAM still goes for BHT 4000+ in Thailand - more than 2x U.S. price. But if you have 4 slots, you could just add 2x1GB. or 1x1GB. or 2x512MB.

[Mumbo Jumbo]

First Ben thanks but sorry you have lost me here ( computer Newbie ) I was jusst wondering about the conflicting info .......

From The Acer web site........

These are the specs > http://www.acer.co.th/product/aspire/E500/index.htm

2GB maximum RAM and can use DDR2-400 DDR2-533 DDR2-667

up to the maximum of 2GB

and from the Acer Service Thailand......

about upgrade ram model E500 has ram 4 sockets bus 400/533 ram type DDR2

max ram 4 GB.

so a bit confused about the two different items....?

nikster ... ive had a look inside and there's only Two Slots both full with 512MB Ram's

I live about 2 hours away from an Acer service center, so may be the best thing as you say would be to take the machine to them and seek their advice...?

but its still a bit confusing with the two different views , as i now know that there's only Two slots

does this confirm any thing....?

Thanks Mumbo

[Mumbo Jumbo]

Just done a search on the Kingston web site, and it recommends the following for an up grade .........

Search Results for: Acer Aspire E500 Series

D3264E40 256MB DDR2-533 DIMM - (Dual In-line Memory Module)

D6464E40 512MB DDR2-533 DIMM - (Dual In-line Memory Module)

D12864E40 1GB DDR2-533 DIMM - (Dual In-line Memory Module)

Standard Memory: 256 MB Removable

512 MB Removable

1 GB Removable

Maximum Memory: 2 GB

Expansion: 2 Sockets

CPU & ChipSet: Intel Pentium 4 ATi RADEON 9600 IGP (RC400)

Bus Architecture: AGP; PCI; PCI - (Peripheral Component Interconnect)

Mfgr's System P/N's: 91.BA970.xxx; 91.BCB7S.xxx; 91.BE970.xxx; 91.FG870.xxx

Mumbo .....