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Upgrading RAM, any tips?
Hey folks! I have an old computer that I salvaged recently, I installed Ubuntu Linux on it. I have been using it for a few weeks (maybe months? Not entirely sure) and I decided that I want to upgrade the RAM.
Here are the specs (well most of them).
MotherBoard
Description: Desktop Computer
Product: Micro Star 7181
Vendor: Micro Star International
Version: 1.00
CPU
Product: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2600+
Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
Version: 15.12.0
Slot: Socket 754
Size: 1600MHz
Capacity: 3GHz
Clock: 200MHz
Memory
Slot: System board or Motherboard
Size: 1GiB
-Bank 0
Product: None
Vendor: None
Slot: A0
Size: 512MiB
-Bank 1
Product: None
Vendor: None
Slot: A0
Size: 512MiB
Ok, so here is my question. I want to upgrade this to more than 1GiB of RAM. According to Micro Star I can only have 2GiB of RAM installed in this computer and only 1GiB Stick of RAM per Bank (And there are only 2 banks).
What are the dangers of me installing more than 2GiB of RAM? Say 2GiB per slot.
Are the dangers serious? Could I damage the computer in anyway?
Thanks
-MajorDeath (Luke Berry)
Here are the specs (well most of them).
MotherBoard
Description: Desktop Computer
Product: Micro Star 7181
Vendor: Micro Star International
Version: 1.00
CPU
Product: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2600+
Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
Version: 15.12.0
Slot: Socket 754
Size: 1600MHz
Capacity: 3GHz
Clock: 200MHz
Memory
Slot: System board or Motherboard
Size: 1GiB
-Bank 0
Product: None
Vendor: None
Slot: A0
Size: 512MiB
-Bank 1
Product: None
Vendor: None
Slot: A0
Size: 512MiB
Ok, so here is my question. I want to upgrade this to more than 1GiB of RAM. According to Micro Star I can only have 2GiB of RAM installed in this computer and only 1GiB Stick of RAM per Bank (And there are only 2 banks).
What are the dangers of me installing more than 2GiB of RAM? Say 2GiB per slot.
Are the dangers serious? Could I damage the computer in anyway?
Thanks
-MajorDeath (Luke Berry)
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Comment by Luke Berry on December 6, 2008 at 6:34am - Oh, so it is saying I can have two 2GiB cards?
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Comment by TooTall on December 5, 2008 at 5:52pm -
This is the link that should take you to the MSI page for your MoBo and give you all the specs, The MS-7181 is listed as K8MM3-V
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K8MM3-V&class=mb
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Comment by Jesse on December 5, 2008 at 5:30pm -
Depends. I know Apple Macbooks with too much Ram dont fry just the system becomes unstable.
But if thats yur only computer, I would not risk it, unless you do some research online.
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Comment by Luke Berry on December 5, 2008 at 3:44pm
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Thankyou for the fast reply! So Basically I have to stick with the 2GiB option. I guess its enough RAM.
Thankyou for the fast reply Smogsy
-MajorDeath (Luke Berry)
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Comment by Smogsy on December 5, 2008 at 3:43pm -
motherboard wont recognize it.
some say it will fry the motherboard but ive never seen it. but also never tried it.
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