We have two of these machines in the small form factor (about a foot
square). One is fitted with a single 512MB DIMM; the other with two
such DIMMs. So the total RAM available to the machines is 512MB & 1GB,
respectively.
The 1GB machine is just about up to the tasks that it's set; but the
512MB machine is struggling. We wanted to upgrade both machines to
1.5GB, as a compromise between performance and cost, so we bought 2
off 1GB modules with the intention of fitting one of the existing
512MB modules together with one of the new 1GB modules to each
machine.
When the new DIMMs arrived, I found that I was unable to get them to
work in any of the following configurations:
1 x old 512MB DIMM + 1 x new 1GB DIMM
1 x new 1GB DIMM
2 x new 1GB DIMMs
In other words, I couldn't get the new DIMMs to work at all. The
machines have XP Pro loaded, but it wasn't quite managing to come up
(would start to boot into Windows, then give up).
The DIMMS were from eBuyer, and have the following specification:
Part number: EVR1024DDR333
Description: Extra Value 1GB DDR PC2700 333MHz 184pin Extra Value Ram
Can anyone tell me if these are compatible with Optiplex GX260s? If
not, can someone please suggest an alternative 1GB DIMM? I can return
these to eBuyer, so if they have something suitable (such as Kingston
modules) I could order them instead.
Hope someone can help with advice on this. Many thanks in advance to
anyone who can!
Either you've gotten bad memory or incompatible memory, although eBuyer seems to
describe the memory as the correct type. The memory should be PC2100 or PC2700
non-ECC unregistered. This is a very common specification. I deal with GX260s
all the time and there is nothing special about the memory they require.
I would return the memory to eBuyer and buy Kingston, Crucial or another
well-known brand. You might pay a little more, but it's better to have
something that works... Ben Myers
>We have two of these machines in the small form factor (about a foot
>square). One is fitted with a single 512MB DIMM; the other with two
>such DIMMs. So the total RAM available to the machines is 512MB & 1GB,
>respectively.
>
>The 1GB machine is just about up to the tasks that it's set; but the
>512MB machine is struggling. We wanted to upgrade both machines to
>1.5GB, as a compromise between performance and cost, so we bought 2
>off 1GB modules with the intention of fitting one of the existing
>512MB modules together with one of the new 1GB modules to each
>machine.
>
>When the new DIMMs arrived, I found that I was unable to get them to
>work in any of the following configurations:
>
>1 x old 512MB DIMM + 1 x new 1GB DIMM
>1 x new 1GB DIMM
>2 x new 1GB DIMMs
>
>In other words, I couldn't get the new DIMMs to work at all. The
>machines have XP Pro loaded, but it wasn't quite managing to come up
>(would start to boot into Windows, then give up).
>
>The DIMMS were from eBuyer, and have the following specification:
>
>Part number: EVR1024DDR333
>
>Description: Extra Value 1GB DDR PC2700 333MHz 184pin Extra Value Ram
>
>(The eBuyer page is http://www.ebuyer.com/product/54265, in case I've
>omitted any significant details.)
>
>Can anyone tell me if these are compatible with Optiplex GX260s? If
>not, can someone please suggest an alternative 1GB DIMM? I can return
>these to eBuyer, so if they have something suitable (such as Kingston
>modules) I could order them instead.
>
>Hope someone can help with advice on this. Many thanks in advance to
>anyone who can!
I couldn't imagine a more helpful answer. You clearly know what you're
talking about, and have given me a recommendation and an explanation
of the reasoning behind the recommendation. Thanks very much, I'll do
exactly what you recommend and report back on how it goes.
Ron
PS: This looks to meet the requirements, so I think I'll go for it:
On 22 Feb, 12:08, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net> wrote:
> Either you've gotten bad memory or incompatible memory, although eBuyer seems to
> describe the memory as the correct type. The memory should be PC2100 or PC2700
> non-ECC unregistered. This is a very common specification. I deal with GX260s
> all the time and there is nothing special about the memory they require.
>
> I would return the memory to eBuyer and buy Kingston, Crucial or another
> well-known brand. You might pay a little more, but it's better to have
> something that works... Ben Myers
>
> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:27:20 -0800 (PST), sugnabo...@gmail.com wrote:
> >We have two of these machines in the small form factor (about a foot
> >square). One is fitted with a single 512MB DIMM; the other with two
> >such DIMMs. So the total RAM available to the machines is 512MB & 1GB,
> >respectively.
>
> >The 1GB machine is just about up to the tasks that it's set; but the
> >512MB machine is struggling. We wanted to upgrade both machines to
> >1.5GB, as a compromise between performance and cost, so we bought 2
> >off 1GB modules with the intention of fitting one of the existing
> >512MB modules together with one of the new 1GB modules to each
> >machine.
>
> >When the new DIMMs arrived, I found that I was unable to get them to
> >work in any of the following configurations:
>
> >1 x old 512MB DIMM + 1 x new 1GB DIMM
> >1 x new 1GB DIMM
> >2 x new 1GB DIMMs
>
> >In other words, I couldn't get the new DIMMs to work at all. The
> >machines have XP Pro loaded, but it wasn't quite managing to come up
> >(would start to boot into Windows, then give up).
>
> >The DIMMS were from eBuyer, and have the following specification:
>
> >Part number: EVR1024DDR333
>
> >Description: Extra Value 1GB DDR PC2700 333MHz 184pin Extra Value Ram
>
> >(The eBuyer page ishttp://www.ebuyer.com/product/54265, in case I've
> >omitted any significant details.)
>
> >Can anyone tell me if these are compatible with Optiplex GX260s? If
> >not, can someone please suggest an alternative 1GB DIMM? I can return
> >these to eBuyer, so if they have something suitable (such as Kingston
> >modules) I could order them instead.
>
> >Hope someone can help with advice on this. Many thanks in advance to
> >anyone who can!
By coincidence, I received a couple of spare GX260 boards yesterday from one
source and some memory from another. The following memory works just fine in a
GX260: Kingston KTD4400/1G. It is a 1GB stick of PC2100 DDR aka DDR266, the
minimum speed required if a GX260 system has a Pentium 4 CPU with a front side
bus of 533MHz.
>Ben,
>
>I couldn't imagine a more helpful answer. You clearly know what you're
>talking about, and have given me a recommendation and an explanation
>of the reasoning behind the recommendation. Thanks very much, I'll do
>exactly what you recommend and report back on how it goes.
>
>Ron
>
>PS: This looks to meet the requirements, so I think I'll go for it:
>
>http://www.ebuyer.com/product/55910/...specifications
>
the ktd4400/1g is the part number that kingston recommends for the optiplex
gx260. the kingston part number that the op stated might also work but of
the many machine listed as being tested as compatible for that module no
dell is on the list. this might have more to do to dells relationship with
kingston and not wanting to compete in the retail marketplace but who knows.
unfortunately all the user reviews on that ebuyer.com site and on newegg and
mwave fail to mention compatibility with the gx260. why do people bother
stating 'it works' without mentioning the model computer that it works with.
pitiful. but i would suspect that it would work, just don't have
confirmation from kingston or other users. and speaking of user reviews,
did you read the ebuyer customer for the generic memory stick you bought...
many people complained about those modules being dead on arrival.
"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote in message
news:g7mtr3p4vgujl5b14s7uf0oh1v2r9m44qu@4ax.com...
> By coincidence, I received a couple of spare GX260 boards yesterday from
> one
> source and some memory from another. The following memory works just
> fine in a
> GX260: Kingston KTD4400/1G. It is a 1GB stick of PC2100 DDR aka DDR266,
> the
> minimum speed required if a GX260 system has a Pentium 4 CPU with a front
> side
> bus of 533MHz.
>
> ... Ben Myers
>
> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:01:47 -0800 (PST), sugnaboris@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>Ben,
>>
>>I couldn't imagine a more helpful answer. You clearly know what you're
>>talking about, and have given me a recommendation and an explanation
>>of the reasoning behind the recommendation. Thanks very much, I'll do
>>exactly what you recommend and report back on how it goes.
>>
>>Ron
>>
>>PS: This looks to meet the requirements, so I think I'll go for it:
>>
>>http://www.ebuyer.com/product/55910/...specifications
>>
On 22 Feb, 18:54, "Christopher Muto" <m...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> the ktd4400/1g is the part number that kingston recommends for the optiplex
> gx260. *the kingston part number that the op stated might also work but of
> the many machine listed as being tested as compatible for that module no
> dell is on the list. *this might have more to do to dells relationship with
> kingston and not wanting to compete in the retail marketplace but who knows.
> unfortunately all the user reviews on that ebuyer.com site and on newegg and
> mwave fail to mention compatibility with the gx260. *why do people bother
> stating 'it works' without mentioning the model computer that it works with.
> pitiful. *but i would suspect that it would work, just don't have
> confirmation from kingston or other users. *and speaking of user reviews,
> did you read the ebuyer customer for the generic memory stick you bought....
> many people complained about those modules being dead on arrival.
>
> "Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net> wrote in message
>
> news:g7mtr3p4vgujl5b14s7uf0oh1v2r9m44qu@4ax.com...
>
> > By coincidence, I received a couple of spare GX260 boards yesterday from
> > one
> > source and some memory from another. * The following memory works just
> > fine in a
> > GX260: Kingston KTD4400/1G. * It is a 1GB stick of PC2100 DDR aka DDR266,
> > the
> > minimum speed required if a GX260 system has a Pentium 4 CPU with a front
> > side
> > bus of 533MHz.
>
> > ... Ben Myers
>
> > On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:01:47 -0800 (PST), sugnabo...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >>Ben,
>
> >>I couldn't imagine a more helpful answer. You clearly know what you're
> >>talking about, and have given me a recommendation and an explanation
> >>of the reasoning behind the recommendation. Thanks very much, I'll do
> >>exactly what you recommend and report back on how it goes.
>
> >>Ron
>
> >>PS: This looks to meet the requirements, so I think I'll go for it:
>
> >>http://www.ebuyer.com/product/55910/...ications#speci...
Thanks to both of you. I'll go for the recommended Kingston stick.
Yes, I did read the DOA reviews - but only afterwards! I guess that
there's some minor incompatibility rather than a hard failure, so I'm
returning as "wrong part ordered" rather than "DOA", because otherwise
I'd have a strong risk of getting the parts tested and returned to me.
On 23 Feb, 00:14, sugnabo...@gmail.com wrote:
> On 22 Feb, 18:54, "Christopher Muto" <m...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > the ktd4400/1g is the part number that kingston recommends for the optiplex
> > gx260. the kingston part number that the op stated might also work but of
> > the many machine listed as being tested as compatible for that module no
> > dell is on the list. this might have more to do to dells relationship with
> > kingston and not wanting to compete in the retail marketplace but who knows.
> > unfortunately all the user reviews on that ebuyer.com site and on newegg and
> > mwave fail to mention compatibility with the gx260. why do people bother
> > stating 'it works' without mentioning the model computer that it works with.
> > pitiful. but i would suspect that it would work, just don't have
> > confirmation from kingston or other users. and speaking of user reviews,
> > did you read the ebuyer customer for the generic memory stick you bought...
> > many people complained about those modules being dead on arrival.
>
> > "Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net> wrote in message
>
> >news:g7mtr3p4vgujl5b14s7uf0oh1v2r9m44qu@4ax.com.. .
>
> > > By coincidence, I received a couple of spare GX260 boards yesterday from
> > > one
> > > source and some memory from another. The following memory works just
> > > fine in a
> > > GX260: Kingston KTD4400/1G. It is a 1GB stick of PC2100 DDR aka DDR266,
> > > the
> > > minimum speed required if a GX260 system has a Pentium 4 CPU with a front
> > > side
> > > bus of 533MHz.
>
> > > ... Ben Myers
>
> > > On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:01:47 -0800 (PST), sugnabo...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > >>Ben,
>
> > >>I couldn't imagine a more helpful answer. You clearly know what you're
> > >>talking about, and have given me a recommendation and an explanation
> > >>of the reasoning behind the recommendation. Thanks very much, I'll do
> > >>exactly what you recommend and report back on how it goes.
>
> > >>Ron
>
> > >>PS: This looks to meet the requirements, so I think I'll go for it:
>
> > >>http://www.ebuyer.com/product/55910/...ications#speci...
>
> Thanks to both of you. I'll go for the recommended Kingston stick.
>
> Yes, I did read the DOA reviews - but only afterwards! I guess that
> there's some minor incompatibility rather than a hard failure, so I'm
> returning as "wrong part ordered" rather than "DOA", because otherwise
> I'd have a strong risk of getting the parts tested and returned to me.
>
> I'll be wiser next time, though.
I've fitted the ktd4400/1g sticks in both machines, absolutely no
problems, working fine. Thank you both again for your help!
More generally, I have pushed a fair number of refurbished GX260s through here
to customers and I have encountered no real problems with the compatibility of
most any decent generic memory in them. Decent, of course, means 100% in
working order... Ben Myers
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 07:43:40 -0800 (PST), sugnaboris@gmail.com wrote:
<SNIP>
>
>I've fitted the ktd4400/1g sticks in both machines, absolutely no
>problems, working fine. Thank you both again for your help!
More generally, I have pushed a fair number of refurbished GX260s through here
to customers and I have encountered no real problems with the compatibility of
most any decent generic memory in them. Decent, of course, means 100% in
working order... Ben Myers
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 07:43:40 -0800 (PST), sugnaboris@gmail.com wrote:
<SNIP>
>
>I've fitted the ktd4400/1g sticks in both machines, absolutely no
>problems, working fine. Thank you both again for your help!
Upgrading RAM in Optiplex GX260 
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