Impossible to Upgrade Memory on my Computer?


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  RazerBack said:
Look at the specs for the RAM

Second last page   -     256mb MAX

Your screwed :(

ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/supportinformati...000_rev3_US.pdf

Actually I was checking to see if your particular model used ECC memory, what I don't know is if you can mix regular ram with ECC.

That is not his system board. That board for which you posted the link to is relatively crap. And you are right, someone would be screwed with that. :wacko:

ATTENTION SQUIBBS, CURRENTLY GAMING BE BACK IN A MINUTE OR TWO.

hold on, you clicked on the downloaded exe file right? it would put information on to the floppy, then you reboot, it will present information and you follow it by clicking enter not next. then it will again tell you to remove your floppy and reboot.

You have not Flashed your bios as the process goes. check your bios by rebooting and pressing F8 or f9 to find out your bios date. The date should be the same as the ROMPAQ. You can get Advisor from ZDNET.com in the download section. Just install and run it. it will tell all your system information.

Yep. I downloaded the .exe, and ran it. I extracted the contents to the default location [C:/Compaq/SP..], and pushed next. It said my current bios was from 3/2001, and the update is from 4/2001. I pushed next, and about 2 seconds later it said the BIOs update was complete. It told me to reboot, and I did.

I was never asked about my floppy drive.

  JK1150 said:
  Squibbles said:
I just installed the RAM, and the upgrade did not work. The computer still won't recognize the RAM.

Are you sure that's the same upgrade you used? I wasn't asked for a floppy or anything.

it was solved already, he needed PC100 no PC133

Please post when you know what you are posting about. Cause you are wrong. He has not followed the directions.

Well, my guess is that perhaps you need pc100. My board is a little more advanced I guess. But the specs appear to indicate you can use pc133 SDram. So go buy some I guess. You didn't hurt anything by upgrading your bios. It did some good, what I dont' know off hand read the link to find out more.

by the way I won the game. :yes:

Well, this sucks. Oh well. As long as the update doesn't hurt my computer, I guess it doesn't really matter. I just wish that PC100 RAM wasn't so expensive and rare. I'm forced to order online.

Glad you won your game; With my current memory, I can't play games. :cry:

  Samoa said:
I guess if what you say is true. Then your process is different. Mine was to put info on the floppy. Go back to COMPaq and read the information on your rompaq. I think you did it wrong.

I'm just gonna go out and buy some PC100 RAM. Makes it a whole lot easier than messing with the BIOs.

I checked I was wrong. You did it right. I would ask Compaq information about your system board. If you are outside of your support, then simply tell them that you already looked at the site and wanted more information about the board. It should take pc133 ram according to the specs. You shouldn't have to pay. Just ask the tech to clarify the information presented.

Otherwise good luck.

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