next »

[Centurion]

So this may be a Homer Question but is there a way to fit external Ram??

I'm just about to order another 1GB of Ram so this will give me 2GB total on the PC.......What I need to know is this.........

Because I have upgraded it leaves me with two sticks of 256mb of Ram spare so is there a way of incorporating this into the PC?

[Psychomech]

Unless you have empty slots on your motherboard, the simple answer is no. Vista allows you to plug in certain types of flash memory sticks for use with readyboost, but it is quite frankly a waste of time.

[Wooster]

You'd need to buy something like an iRAM card I think, but it's expensive (I can't even find one for sale anywhere).

[Psychomech]

If I remember correctly, isn't iRAM just a method of using RAM sticks as a solid state hard disk? Last I heard the boards carried a battery which kept the memory refreshed (so that it retains information when the computer is switched off), but it only lasted for something like ten hours. There is a youtube video somewhere of someone shutting down and rebooting XP in seconds using iRAM, but I can't be arsed to go looking for it right now. 

[Centurion]

Thanks all...I had an idea it would be no so not to worry I'll just have to manage with 2GB for now....

[Wooster]

If I remember correctly, isn't iRAM just a method of using RAM sticks as a solid state hard disk? Last I heard the boards carried a battery which kept the memory refreshed (so that it retains information when the computer is switched off), but it only lasted for something like ten hours. There is a youtube video somewhere of someone shutting down and rebooting XP in seconds using iRAM, but I can't be arsed to go looking for it right now. 

I recall something about that myself.   
I think it basically worked along the same lines as ReadyBoost on Vista and eBoostr on XP, fair enough your boot times might have been faster, but it still ended up using the RAM as a pagefile, so using a flash drive turned out to be far cheaper for a similar gain.

[Centurion]

1Gb Corsair Value Select DDR PC3200 (400), 184 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 3-3-3-8

£32.04 on Scan Computers looks about the best price!!!!

[Wooster]

Does it match the Gig of memory you are keeping? (PC3200)

[Centurion]

Manufacturer :   Nanya Technology
Part Number :   M2Y1G64DS8HB1G-5T 
Serial Number :   5F450513
Type :   DDR-SDRAM PC-3200 (200 MHz)  -  [DDR-400]
Size :   1024 MB (2 rows, 4 banks)

This is my other 1GB........

[Centurion]

Or this off e-bay       
   
1 GB DDR RAM PC 3200 400 MHZ 184 PIN DIMM MICSYS

£25.00