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Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600

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On 01/17/2017 10:00 PM, Martin McCormick wrote:
> I have an old Dell Enspiron 2600 which still works but it only
> has 256 MB of RAM. I am of the understanding that the 128-MB
> memory card under the little door on the bottom can be replaced
> with a 512 MB card and that pretty much does it. There is another
> 128 MB block under the keyboard but I think for what I was
> planning to do with it, 640 MB is sufficient.
>
> 	It actually has a 2009 version of vinux which is a port
> of debian optamized for people who are blind so it talks and
> works  with text applications but there is no memory left for
> much of anything else.
>
> 	Just for fun, I ran the free application after bootup and
> out of 256 MB, there are 193 MB available as long as you don't
> dare run anything.
>
> 	Just for fun, I booted a newer version of linux which did
> come up but after booting the live CD, there was a whapping 4.5
> MB left.
>
> 	My wife used this machine in college running Windows in
> 2000 with just that 256 MB but this is a different world today so
> my question is what should one expect to pay for a 512-meg DIM
> card that, of course, would work in this system?
>
> 	The speed printed on the module is 133 MHZ and the
> processor is near 1 GHZ so it is certainly not cutting edge by
> todays standards but it would have more uses with more RAM. It
> would almost be a raspberry pi.:-)
>
> Thanks for your thoughts.
>
> Martin WB5AGZ
>
>
I have an old Dell laptop--not as old as yours--that came with 1 GB ram, 
and the user manual says you can only run 2GB. (It had two sockets, one 
empty.)  I found two 2GB cards
each designed for that Dell, and plugged both in, and now I have about 
3.2 GB of usable ram. Not 4, for 3.2 is better than 2! So try to get at 
least 1GB in your machine, or maybe more,
who knows? It won't blow up the machine, it may just not work.

--doug

-- 
Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides.--A.M,Greeley

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Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2017-01-18 04:10 +0100
  Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-01-18 04:30 +0100
  Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-01-18 04:40 +0100
    Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-01-18 06:40 +0100
      Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-01-18 15:30 +0100
    Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2017-01-18 17:30 +0100
      Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-01-18 23:00 +0100
        Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2017-01-19 06:10 +0100
          Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-01-19 07:10 +0100
            Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-01-19 09:00 +0100
              Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2017-01-19 15:40 +0100
            Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-01-19 11:40 +0100
          Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-01-19 18:00 +0100
            Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-01-19 18:40 +0100
              Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2017-01-19 19:50 +0100
              Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2017-01-20 22:30 +0100
  Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-01-18 21:10 +0100
    Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-01-18 22:10 +0100
      Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 (clarification) Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-01-18 22:30 +0100
        Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 (clarification) David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-01-18 23:00 +0100
          Re: Congratulations BILL , Your Roof is Covered - FREE!bFPM John Miller <xeno757@gmail.com> - 2017-01-19 15:50 +0100
      Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-01-18 22:40 +0100
        Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 cbannister@slingshot.co.nz - 2017-03-20 18:30 +0100
          Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-03-20 19:00 +0100
            Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-03-21 00:40 +0100
          Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600 rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-03-21 00:40 +0100

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