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November 11th, 2011 19:00
GX280 - a different RAM question
My original 280 came from an off lease reseller - had 2 - 2 gig ram sticks. Worked well with XP 32 bit SP3 for about 6 months. One day it wouldn't boot. Green/yellow lights on back showed a ram problem. I switched ram sticks, tried one at a time - no go.
Obtained second 280 and used my original 259 gig drive in it. It came with 2 - 256 meg ram sticks. System is still XP SP3 32 bit. Works OK - hangs up sometimes.
I would like to reuse the original 2 2 gig ram.
Is there a possibility that faulty ram caused the original 280 failure.
Could I damage the "new" 280 by using possibly faulty ram?
Thanks for you advice.
Amidell
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November 12th, 2011 03:00
According to the Dell manual and Crucial Memory (what we usually recommend for non-Dell memory) the maximum memory module capacity is 1GB, not 2GB. The system will handle either 2 or 4GB total memory depending on the model.
This is from the Dell manual:
Memory
Type
400 & 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Memory connectors
small form-factor computer: 2
small desktop computer: 4
desktop
computer: 4
small mini-tower computer: 4
mini-tower computer:
4
Memory capacities
128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, or 1 GB non-ECC
Minimum memory
dual-channel: 256 MB
single-channel: 128 MB
Maximum memory
small form-factor computer: 2 GB
small desktop computer: 4 GB
desktop
computer: 4 GB
small mini-tower computer: 4 GB
mini-tower computer: 4
GB