Dell system memory upgrade

Jimpowers79

Jimpowers79

Jimpowers79

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Hello, apologies first of all as i know very little about upgrading! I really need to get a new computer but cannot afford it at the moment, therefore a memory upgrade would be the next best thing.

I have a Dell Dimension DM051 with a pentium 4 3.20GHz processor and 1Gb of RAM.

I want to upgrade to 2Gb of RAM to improve my use of applications such as photoshop and premiere CS3. My question is what type of memory do i need to be compatible with my system?

Thank you for you time!
 
That Dell PC requires 400MHz or 533MHz DDR2 RAM. There is non of this exact type on OCUK, but you could shop around or use this stuff (its a bit faster, but the BIOS should reduce it to motherboard default speed - 533Mhz)
 
Thank you for that. I would like to go for the 2Gb corsair you linked to, but what are the chances of the bios not reducing it to the default speed of the motherboard? If it doesn't what will happen? Would this be sufficient reason for returning the memory?!
 
It should be fine. You can return products bought from OCUK for any reason as long as they are in good condition and not damaged.
 
Hi, I just tried to fit my new memory... touched the radiator and kept the power cord connected to computer and touched the casing periodically. But, and i'm sure its nothing static related, my computer didn't work.

I am replacing two sticks of 512mb with the two 1Gb. I put the new into the bays the previous memory occupied, but when i turned on the computer there was a beeping coming from somewhere. It did a few cycles and then stopped, it was black screen the whole time. Turned off the computer and whacked my old memory back in and all is fine.

Have i done something wrong? Did i use the wrong bay? Have i got the wrong memory?
 
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