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More info?)
Hi, Bob, thanks for all the help. I guess I will wait until I check out
the unit. You are right about getting a newer unit. I have been
stalking ebay and people are bidding more for Dell packages than you
can get them from Dell, strange, this computer changeover is giving me
fits. OH well, got a good price on the unit and it came with Windows
XP, and a Cd burner, etc., all this stuff costs a lot more than $130 so
think I will use it for awhile and get a new one next year like you
stated. If you or anyone has any other ideas, fire away...knowing the
proper ram would help, pretty sure it is PC800 RDRAM. Heading out,
grateful, Derrick
Bob Knowlden wrote:
>
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dmag/specs.htm
>
> In brief, the system has two RIMM slots, and Dell claims that it
needs 128
> or 256 MB RIMMs, for a maximum capacity of 512 MB. (It's possible
that this
> isn't the actual limit - Dell tends to list only configurations that
they
> sold, even if others can work. Do you feel lucky?)
>
> You might get more or better information from alt.sys.pc-clone.dell.
I
> haven't read it in years, but it used to be pretty good.
>
> I'd normally refer you to www.crucial.com for a safe memory purchase,
but
> they don't sell RDRAM.
>
> www.newegg.com lists 256MB RDRAM for approx. $90 (US) and up. (For
> comparison: Newegg will sell you a 256 stick of PC133 SDRAM for about
$30,
> and PC3200 DDR for as little as $23.) This is part of the reason that
RDRAM
> isn't popular.
>
> I suggest avoiding sinking much additional money into an old PIII
system.
> That's not to say that I think that you got a bad deal, but brand new
> systems are cheap enough now that it may not make sense to spend a
lot of
> money on upgrades.
>
> HTH.
>
> Bob Knowlden
>
> Address may be scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
>
> "psongman" <psongman@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1110843221.775445.289980@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi, I just bought a used Dell XPS-B 800 and want to upgrade from
256mb
> > to 512mb. I hope you can direct me to the right RDRAM (PC700 or
PC800)
> > and where to get it, or bid on one via ebay. I am getting
conflicting
> > reports, such as 512 is max but someone told me 1024, was possible.
> > Anyway, I will await your expertise and then move accordingly.
Thanks
> > for listening and assisting, Derrick
> >