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Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600

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On 01/18/2017 08:28 AM, Martin McCormick wrote:
> Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> writes:
>> Are you sure? I searched for "inspiron 2600 RAM" and found lots of hits on
>> dell.com and elsewhere.
>
> 	Thanks to you and all others who responded.
>>
>>
>>
>>     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.
>>
>>
>>
>> From what I saw you'll need to do more investigating. It looks to me like
>> that model might be limited to 512M in total only in the form of two 256M
>> SODIMMs.
>
> 	That is certainly a possibility. This version of the 2600
> has one and only one socket under the door which is above and to
> the right of the battery compartment and that card is  presently
> 128 MB. I don't know yet if the other 128 MB of RAM is soldered
> right to the board under the keyboard or if it can also be
> removed when excavated.
>
>
> 	My next task is to checkout Dell's web site. We did write
> down the service tag numbers and all the numbers on the memory
> module. It sounds like it is worth checking out how much of an
> upgrade is practical with this system.
>
> Martin McCormick WB5AGZ

Hi Martin,

How much memory does the Dell Inspiron 2600 Series Laptop take?

You can upgrade your Dell Inspiron 2600 Series Laptop to up to a maximum 
memory capacity of 512MB Memory.

How many total memory slots to install memory?

The Laptop has 2 sockets (1 user-accessible, 1 factory configurable) to 
install memory, already with 128 or 256MB (non-removable) standard 
memory installed. For best Inspiron 2600 Series Laptop performance use 
the maximum amount of 512MB, fill all the slots with the max allowed 
memory per slot for your Laptop.

http://www.dellmemoryram.com/dell-laptop-ram/DellInspiron2600Series.html

You can run a small footprint linux system, Puppy has an upgradeable 
Ubuntu system and it's super-fast, plus there are many options using 
Debian, but Puppy is an expert at usable small footprint systems.

regards,
-- 
Jimmy Johnson


Debian Sid/Testing - Plasma 5.8.4 - Kernel 4.8.0-2 - EXT4 at sda24
Registered Linux User #380263

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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
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      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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