Getting a ram for my PC

Hatrix

well i, with a chance, got an old pc for free^^ since i have no pc for the moment.
it has 2*64 MB SDRAM chips
the guy i got the pc from told me tht when he bought an SDRAM it didnt work for him, so i am asking for the right one, i also dnt know wht my nm supports i searched for it and found nothing, i downloaded CPUZ and here is the info it gave me:

CPU: Intel Celeron 433 MHz
Mainboard: Gigabyte i810 1.3A
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. v2.0C 11/17/99

RAM: SDRAM
size: 128MB
only latency is writen

pff well here is the screenshots, i wanna know wht is the max memory i can get in it and how much frequency
thnx in advance

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CPUZ screenshots.rar (82.8 KB, 1 views)

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Chef

WTFWTFWTF....PC125 RAM??? I never heard or seen a PC125 RAM!!!

I only have and seen PC66, PC100 and PC133 for the SDRAM ranges. Your system may be overclocked. Try resetting your CMOS back to default, heres a bios update for your motherboard.

OK, update, I just found out that its an old Packard Bell motherboard and Gigabyte never really sold them to the public except through Packard Bell distribution, judging by the i810 chipset and assuming that this is your motherboard
GIGABYTE - Product - Motherboard - Specification - GA-6WMM7

Then heres a list of latest BIOS and driver updates for it:
BIOS:GIGABYTE - Support&Download - Motherboard - BIOS - GA-6WMM7

CPU Support list, with latest BIOS:
GIGABYTE - Support&Download - Motherboard - CPU Support List - GA-6WMM7

Hope that helped.

NOTE: I am not responsible for any damage to your motherboard whatsoever from the links I provided. User risk prohibited!

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Hatrix

well i dnt think tht this piece of crap is overclocked, anyways, i found wht im searching for thnx to u

Memory
32MB to 512MB DRAM size
2 x 3.3V DIMM Sockets
Supports 16/32/64/128/256 MB SDRAM DIMM Module

Chef

Dude, wheres the thanks???? nah jokes lol......so are you gonna get more ram for it and overclock it?

Hatrix

in here we had computer festival i only found one guy selling SDRAM, so i told him to gimme a 133MHz 256 mb, he told me wht ur pc brand, i told him NEC, he said no it dosent work for it, i said y? he started speaking to me with a language tht i dnt understant , a technical language so i told thnx good bye :s
i nvr done a bios upgrade b4, but wht does it add or fix?

Chef

WTF...you should've just bought the RAM, of course it would work, that guy was probably on mary jane or cocaine.

Theirs only two BIOS updates you need to do and their listed on this site link I gave in the previous post
GIGABYTE - Support&Download - Motherboard - BIOS - GA-6WMM7

Overall, its always good to update to the latest in everything.

BUT first go on the links I gave you and see if that motherboard picture matches the one with your one. Because I'm not really 100% positive.

If you need help with the BIOS updating just let us now here.
It will most likely be packed in a RAR SFX installer. Usually I extract it and then locate the all the files in the extracted area. Then I format a Floppy by choosing the Make MS DOS bootable option. Copy all the sfx extracted files onto the floppy disk. When asked to replace autoexec.bat....click yes to replace..then take it out and make sure your BIOS is set to boot from floppy A: first before hard drive, load the floppy up and then it should start updating.

gatsmark01

Wow thats great...
As your ram is increase your computer speed automatically increases..
Its very good that now you are purchasing good and high capacity RAM..
Good...

Hatrix

thnx dave^^
well i surely need a bios update sinci i cnt install xp only by an xp floppy (means tht this bios doesnt make a boot priority for CD, i cant even change it!!)
well it hapened b4, i bought a ram for my cuz pc, same type same Mhz and same capacity, but it didnt work!!!
are you sure that any SDRAM 133 MHz works on my NEC PC?

Chef

Yeah np jihed, the PC133 should work it has to. Their is only 3 types of SDRAM ever released on the market. PC66, PC100 and PC133 were the only ones ever to be made and manufactured. Thats why I mentioned earlier that your machine might be overclocked or RAM speed and timings changed. Reset the CMOS, go into the BIOS before POST and load default values and then save and exit. Update your BIOS with the floppy method I mentioned and after that, go back into the BIOS again and make sure you set the boot priority to A before HDD, their also should be a way to choose CD ROM as a boot priority, weird if it can't. After its all done updating, slot in your new RAM module and it should come up now as a new bigger value.

Hope it helped!

Hatrix

yea it did help, i'm gonna buy a new ram it should cost... mmm like... 26$ a bufallo one i guess.. if it dosent work i'm gonna fly to u and kill you
thnx again