Is this RAM compatible with my Motherboard?

Hey All,

I am in desperate need of some RAM as i am only on 256mb running XP and is causing me trouble. I have found some RAM on Ebay that i might get but thought it would be wise to check compatibility 1st because i dont really know much about it.

Here is information on my motherboard : http://support.packardbell.com/uk/m...ia5&PibItemParent=032745620188#Specifications

And here is the RAM : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6743792274&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

Any help would be much appreciated!

 

I wouldn't RAM from ebay. If you want cheap RAM try this. http://www.savastore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?catalog_name=Savastore&product_id=10263983&pid=44

 

All right but can you at least tell me if the RAM from Ebay is compatible?

 

Yea it looks compatible.

 

Its compatible but a bit dogy buying from ebay

 

Well this seller has had quite alot of good feedback from what iv'e been seeing. Only £35. Wouldn't exactly be a huge loss.

 

And it wouldn't work. The motherboard looks to support PC100/133 SDRAM, not DDR . PB doesn't list it in the specs, but the motherboard diagram shows SDRAM slots.

 

Well what should i do? It aint DDR its SDRAM!? How do i know what to get now?

 

yeh i thort the diagram showed that too

 

Well it doesnt tell me the memory type in the memory tab, its just blank. But in the SPD Tab under memory slot selection slot#1 to the right it says DDR1

 

How many notches are in the DIMM slot itself? 1 or 2. If it's 1 it's DDR, but if it's 2 its SDRAM.

 

Theres 2 notches. but in the pic for the RAM i want theres 2 notches on the chip itself. Will it still work?

 

OK so my motherbord supports DDR. All i need to now know is will that RAM from Ebay be compatible? i did notice my current 256 module has 8 chips and the one on Ebay has 9. Does this matter?

 

ddr is better than sdram and has 184 pins i think i can't remember how many sdram has. make sure wen buying ram that its a suitible clock speed for your motherbord m8 hope this helps Dave :good:

 

What about the clock speed of the RAM? I was on a site earlier that said the speeds have to be correct or it wont work. Also I have been looking very closely and it seems the RAM module in my PC now, has a different number of pins to the one on ebay and i already bought it so looks like £35 wasted. There appears to be less pins on the right hand notch compared to the right notch on my current RAM module.

 

Remember DDR-SDRAM has 184 pins with only 1 notch, while SD-RAM has 168pins with 2 notches.
The number of pins may seem different because its the wrong side. Flip it over and they should align.

To the clockspeed question: higher clock memory won't run at full speed in a mobo that doesn't support it, so it will run at a lower clockspeed to match as far as I remember.