On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:56:53 -0600, F. George McDuffee <gmcduffee@mcduffee-associates.us> wrote: On 9 Mar 2008 21:16:08 GMT, D Murphy <spamto154@comcast.net> wrote: F. George McDuffee <gmcduffee@mcduffee-associates.us> wrote in news:evj8t3dhmb1qgn9fbokqtjdmbqfc86l166@4ax.com: Is there any technical reason that standard computer memory can't [or shouldn't] be used?.
Package: linux-image-2.6.23-1-686 Version: 2.6.23-2 Severity: normal File: kernel after upgrading one of the two 256MB RAM sims i have (on my Compaq presario 1500) to 1GB simm, i was starting to get these errors or warnings in the kernel's log file: PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq". If it helps, post a report PCI: Cannot allocate resource
Processor, operating system and memory Processor type AMD SempronT 3500+ . 1.80 GHz, 512 KB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB Operating system installed FreeDOS Chipset ATI Xpress 1150 chipset Standard memory 2 x 512 MB Memory slots 2 SODIMM slots Memory upgrade Upgradeable to 4096 MB maximum System features
Any upgrade to handle Vista is likely to not work out well. The SR1230NX is limited to 1GB of memory, enough to run Vista, but not quite compfortably. The built-in video would have to be replaced with a PCI graphics card, 128MB memory preferred. Stick with what you've got, or simply buy a computer with Vista. It is with good reason that I continue to call Vista "the hardware sales act of
Yep, really stock. But good quality stock generic memory, please. Personally I like the memory sold at CVS, Eckerd Drug or Walgreens. Oops! That was generic aspirin, wasn't it? Neither Dell nor any other name-brand manufacturer can afford to use anything but good quality stock generic memory. Some companies tried using proprietary memory and other extremely proprietary parts way back
