Upgrading RAM in an eMachines W3107 - Help

[Computergen]

Alright well a relative needs help with her eMachines W3107, her job requires she upgrades to at least 1-2GB of RAM. The machine has 512mb already and has two DIMM slots, can I place a 1gb with her current 512mb making it 1.5gb RAM? Or do they have to match, and if so do the speeds have to match, how can I figure out the speeds?


Thanks

 

[Computergen]

I found the motherboard specs for it:
http://www.fic.com.tw/product/motherboard/AMD/K8MC51G.aspx

"2 184-pin DDR DIMMs / Support DDR 333/400 SDRAM / Supports a maximum memory size 2GB"

So can I get a 1GB stick and use it with the current 512? Or do I need to get another 512 to match it?

 

[TrainTrackHack]

Yep, you can chock in any DDR stick. If the speeds aren't identical, both sticks will run at the speed of the slower one. Size doesn't matter here since it's got socket 754 it doesn't support dual-channel anyways, you'll be good with a 1GB stick of DDR, make sure you don't buy SDRAM, DDR2, or DDR3.

 

[Computergen]

It doesn't support dual channel? So I can't use http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145575

in it?

 

[Droogie]

Yea you could, but that seems rather expensive. May wanna have a look at this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145579

 

[Computergen]

Yea you could, but that seems rather expensive. May wanna have a look at this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145579

Price isn't an issue, just wanted to confirm dual channel memory will work in a PC that doesn't support it.

 

[Computergen]

Can that be confirmed by anyone else?

 

[just a noob]

it will work, i just won't work in dual channel mode