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Bobo

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I have a Compaq Armada E500 laptop with a pIII 1GHz processor and 128MB of RAM. It supports 512 MB of PC100 RAM in 2 slots. I cannot mix PC100 and PC133, but can I use just PC133? It has PC100 right now, and I think that is what it supports, but is PC133 backwards compatible?

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256MB of PC133 retail is $38 from newegg, 256MB of PC100 is $70. Why is that? And why is PC100 so hard to find?
 
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Bobo said:
And why is PC100 so hard to find?
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because not many people need it now. the manufacturers realised, a while ago, and decided to stop making it/make not so many. thus, if you do need it, it will be more expensive to buy becuase its harder to find
 
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i believe that you can run pc133 if it fits........but really i am not completely sure.
 
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Ku-sama said:
it will run, just at PC100 speeds
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Are you positive? I really want to be sure about this, because I had seen some issues about HP laptops and compatible RAM
 
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wait, i forgot it was a propitary machiene... you want PC100 SDRAM in the full size, or is it for a laptop?
 
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Does anybody have an actual answer? I would like to be confident that the PC133 will work before I order it, which I was planning to do today.
 
MadModder

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First of all, what he means by full-size RAM modules is most laptops have smaller modules called SODIMM, modern desktops use DDR SDRAM. Yes, you can buy a PC133 module and use it in a PC100 system safely.
 
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Lord Anthrax said:
Either way though PC100 or PC133 should work with the machine
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madmodder said:
Yes, you can buy a PC133 module and use it in a PC100 system safely.
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Ku-sama said:
it will run, just at PC100 speeds
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x24 said:
i believe that you can run pc133 if it fits
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Where exactly did you guys get these replies?

It doesn't work! I put it in, turn it on, and the scrool lock, num lock, and caps lock lights come on like it will go through the POST, but nothing happens except for a little static from the speakers.

When I try a different type of RAM that fits, it makes a repeated beeping. Is this significant at all?

Is there anything I can do to make it work? I really don't want to RMA it and waste the money.
 
BrandonL

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ok what you have to do is check the details on your computer and make sure that the two products are similar in manufacturing. idk how to put this into a broad concept... ah ok i got one

ie: you can't play a ninteno game on a playstation 2... kinda like that

and also... do a test run with the new MB card to see if it works... if it doesn't then remove it and go back to the older one... can't hurt to try.
 
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BrandonL said:
ok what you have to do is check the details on your computer and make sure that the two products are similar in manufacturing.
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How?

and also... do a test run with the new MB card to see if it works... if it doesn't then remove it and go back to the older one... can't hurt to try.
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they work, just not in my computer. You didin't read the thread, did you:p
 
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If no type of RAM has worked so far then there's a problem somewhere else. The 3 beeps signifies it's something with the RAM (card or slot) so you could have a broken memory slot.
 
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well... that's a good question. i agree w/ Lord AnthraX. if none of the RAM models are working then there must be a problem within it that you need to fix. I guess it couldn't hurt though to try other models

(preferably, use a model that is made by the same company that makes the system, if possible)
 
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Lord AnthraX said:
If no type of RAM has worked so far then there's a problem somewhere else. The 3 beeps signifies it's something with the RAM (card or slot) so you could have a broken memory slot.
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Nonono, the ram I had in there worked fine (128MB.) When there was no ram, it beeped. WIth the new ram (pc133 2 x 256) it did nothing except a little static from the speakers.

BTW, something tells me that neither of you read the whole thread.:rolleyes:
 
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no i have read the whole thread... it's just that i've taken a part in so many threads that i might be a little slow with the uptake lol.

do you think the static in the speakers could be because of your sound system or ur audio diagnostics?
 
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BrandonL said:
do you think the static in the speakers could be because of your sound system or ur audio diagnostics?
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What difference would that make? I don't think that the static is anything of importance, all I took it to mean is that the laptop had power. Which I already knew, actually, cause the num lock/scroll lock/caps lock lights come on and stay on. Does this mean anything to you?
 
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