brasssmunkey
New Member
Hey all. I just registered to this site and I just wanna first say thanks to anyone who can help me 
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Heres my question...I have 512mb of ram on my Compaq Presario 5330us and I want to upgrade to 1024. This computer is capable of 1536mb. So heres my dilemma:
I know nothing when it comes to ram. I did some reasearch and found that this compaq requires a 168 pin 133mhz chip thats SDram. So i went on ebay and purchased one. Here are its stats:
512MB 64MX64
PC133 133Mhz, 168 pin SDRAM
Unbuffered, Non ECC, Non Registered.
7.5ns, 3.3v, CL 3 or CL 2
64x4 High Density Chip.
After i purchased it and did alittle more reasearch I found that some computers cannot use high density chips. But since my compaq can hold 512mb's of ram in each slot (It has 3 slots) can't I use high density chips? All i wanna know is, can that chip possibly work with what I have. Also, would it hurt my computer if I try it and it does not work. Thanks so incredibly much everyone. I truly appreciate it.
.Heres my question...I have 512mb of ram on my Compaq Presario 5330us and I want to upgrade to 1024. This computer is capable of 1536mb. So heres my dilemma:
I know nothing when it comes to ram. I did some reasearch and found that this compaq requires a 168 pin 133mhz chip thats SDram. So i went on ebay and purchased one. Here are its stats:
512MB 64MX64
PC133 133Mhz, 168 pin SDRAM
Unbuffered, Non ECC, Non Registered.
7.5ns, 3.3v, CL 3 or CL 2
64x4 High Density Chip.
After i purchased it and did alittle more reasearch I found that some computers cannot use high density chips
. But since my compaq can hold 512mb's of ram in each slot (It has 3 slots) can't I use high density chips? All i wanna know is, can that chip possibly work with what I have. Also, would it hurt my computer if I try it and it does not work. Thanks so incredibly much everyone. I truly appreciate it.
