Ram question on Dell computers

Nimue1995 · 01-20-2009, 05:52 PM

My husband has a question regarding a Ram upgrade of his Dell Demension 2400 series built in 2004 2.4 mghz. He wants to upgrade the memory on it. There are 2 memory slots and the owner's manual says that a maximum of 1 gig of memory and the memory capacities are 128, 256, or 512. Memory type that he wishes to install is the pc2700 333 mhz ddr sd ram. He's looked at several sites such as Crucial and New Egg and they say that he can put a 1 gig ram in each slot which is contrary to what the owner's manual says. He doesn't want to waste money buying 1 gig memory chips if they won't work. So which is true? 512 or 1 gig each slot?
Thank you for your time,

Nimue

**simpswr** · 01-20-2009, 05:58 PM

and welcome to the Forum

Crucial says it will hold up to 1 Gig per slot . . and if you order from them, they will gurantee it to work

http://www.crucial.com/store/listpar...02400%20Series

**wrench97** · 01-20-2009, 06:15 PM

If memory serves me either the A02 or A03 Bios update increased the ram capacity on those. Check on your boot screen if you have A03 or higher then the 1gig sticks will work fine.

pwday · 11-17-2009, 07:04 PM

Hi
I have Dell Dimension 3000, 2.8 with ddr ram. I would like to know if I can replace ddr ram I have in there and replace it with ddr2.

Phil

**wrench97** · 11-18-2009, 01:25 AM

No the slots are different only DDR will fit.

01-20-2009, 05:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nimue1995 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Windows 2000	Ram question on Dell computers My husband has a question regarding a Ram upgrade of his Dell Demension 2400 series built in 2004 2.4 mghz. He wants to upgrade the memory on it. There are 2 memory slots and the owner's manual says that a maximum of 1 gig of memory and the memory capacities are 128, 256, or 512. Memory type that he wishes to install is the pc2700 333 mhz ddr sd ram. He's looked at several sites such as Crucial and New Egg and they say that he can put a 1 gig ram in each slot which is contrary to what the owner's manual says. He doesn't want to waste money buying 1 gig memory chips if they won't work. So which is true? 512 or 1 gig each slot? Thank you for your time, Nimue

01-20-2009, 05:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,271 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Ram question on Dell computers and welcome to the Forum Crucial says it will hold up to 1 Gig per slot . . and if you order from them, they will gurantee it to work http://www.crucial.com/store/listpar...02400%20Series __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?

01-20-2009, 06:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,621 OS: Win7	Re: Ram question on Dell computers If memory serves me either the A02 or A03 Bios update increased the ram capacity on those. Check on your boot screen if you have A03 or higher then the 1gig sticks will work fine. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

11-17-2009, 07:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
pwday Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1 OS: windows xp pro	Re: Ram question on Dell computers Hi I have Dell Dimension 3000, 2.8 with ddr ram. I would like to know if I can replace ddr ram I have in there and replace it with ddr2. Phil

11-18-2009, 01:25 AM	#5 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,621 OS: Win7	Re: Ram question on Dell computers No the slots are different only DDR will fit. __________________ Power Supply and Selection