imported_Slvr-Bullet

Is it possible to use 2 sticks of 512MB in a computer that is only capable of a 1GB max memory??

imported_gatherer

yes..... 1GB is 1024MB

imported_BoOsTd

yup...memory isnt like the metric system must of been the same guy who invented the imperial system (an American)... lol.. Im sure there is a logical explination... I dont know why 2*500 doesnt equal a gig...like 2*500= a thousand...? maybe theres a computer geek out there that can give a quick explination?? serious tho id be interested to know why

imported_v33k

yes, you may able to do it.
but make sure the memory fit your motherboard.

Some older motherboard cannot use the single sided SDRAM

If you are using DDR, you should be ok.

imported_gatherer

simple a coimputer understands just 0's and 1's on and off

that being said the binary number system was created which is a base 2 system..

so counting is as follows...

0
1
10
11
100
101
110
111
1000
1001
1010
1011
1100
1101
1110
1111

and so on

(I counted to 16 in our numbering system)

each digit is called a bit... 4 bits make a nibble (numbers from 0 to 15 can be represented by a nibble) a nibble is also 1 digit in haxadecimal (base 16 number system) and as such 8 bits(2 digits int he hexadecimal system) are called a byte.

kilo is greek meaning 1000.... however in the computer would it's not that simple since the computer world is a base 2 system there is actually 1024 bytes in a kilo.... or 1024 is a power of 2 or 2 to the power of 10 which makes it simple since every jump from kilo to mega to giga is 2 to the power of 10 or 1024..

so a kilobyte is 1024 bytes
a megabyte is 1024 kilobytes
a gigabyte is 1024 megabytes
a terabyte is 1024 giabytes

etc..

understand now?

imported_BoOsTd

right ok.. that makes sence then... I always wondered why it never added up, I knew there was a logical explination...now I know Thanks gatherer, my day just wouldnt be complete if I didnt learn something new!!

Mugen C

Umm, that bring the memories in my oldskool days! :cry:

Have you guys ever used/seen those 1.2 Floppy disk? They were also 1024kb after format.

regards,
Mugen C

sugarcane

He might be refering to slotting on the mobo. Some motherboards are picky as in which slot there supposed to go in....in that case refer to manual; but might as well try it out and see what happens.

It should recognize it as a gig as soon as it boots up.

imported_gatherer

do you remember the days when 64K memory was HUGE???

commodre 64 here thats where I learnt to program and where I first accessed the internet .... (no world wide web at that time) I miss the old days....

Whiplash

ummmm..big question is what O/S??

2k or XP you'll be fine, anything older and you'll run into problems as they aren't setup to use anything over 512 without hacking the shyt outta yer registry..

imported_gatherer

crap yeah I forgot about that issue .... 2k xp or nt4 will be fine 98 and 95 will work but crap out after a certain amount of time....

Whiplash

neither will ME..

usually it doesn't take that long either before shyt starts going awry...
using the older O/S's you really don't notice that great an advantage anyway even with 512 over 256..

Mugen C

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Never had a chance to get close to a commodre myself...but I have played some sort of filght similator on an Apple computer, as well playing some silly pool games on a 286. And I ran the game on floppy!

Also, for those using PC in the MS-DOS days...I guess you must have played around with Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files.

upgarding from DOS 3 to 5.1 considered as a "BIG JUMP" in the OLD DOS world.

It is amazing how you load device drivers in the right order could affect the available memory so much.

DEVICE= C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /testmem : off
Devicehigh=C:\MOUSE\Mouse.sys





Mugen C

imported_Slvr-Bullet

Thanks guys.

Yah I never knew that 1GB = 1024MB. DOH!!

Also running XP so it shouldn't be a prob.

But another question. My MB handles PC2100/266MHz DDR and the place that I bought it from had only PC2700/333MHz. Now the sales guy said that it'll be ok to use cuz my MB/computer will just bump it down to PC2100/266MHz.

Now is that right?
Is it ok to use?

Whiplash

ya, yer alright..
it's like using 133 SDram in a 100 SDram board, it's backwards compatible..

THO..using a stick of 133 and 100 did have negative effects on some systems..
it's better to stick with one type of ram if possible..

PULOVR

why waste the extra cash though?

imported_gatherer

contray to what some of my friends from college (who happened to not have done well) believe you can put fast memory in a slower memory slot resulting in the memory running at a slower speed.... however you can't put slow memory in a faster slot and expect to over clock it . it doesn't work that way ... (although most faster slots are backwards compatible and will slow down the speed)

imported_gatherer

if it's all they got then you either have to settle or go elsewhere.... not all technologies stay on the shelf for the average 3 year life span of a computer....

imported_Slvr-Bullet

It was on sale

Thanks again.

I'm gonna pop these babies in.

WooHoo....1GB of DDR here I come

PULOVR

how much?

I got my 2100 512mb for $50 new. (pac mall) I already had 2 sticks of 256's.

I have just over a gig in mine now. WooHoo too!