[colug-432] 1 or 2 sticks of RAM

[FiL Farris]

That is often the case with Dell.  It is best to use the service tag #, as
you did, when one is available.  I don't know how much upgrading your
wanting to do with it but Micro Center has had used Pentium D & higher
clock speed P4 CPU's that are surprisingly cheap at times.  Some of the
motherboards that went into those Dells will take the Pentium D which at
least gets you into multi-core land.

Amazing to think of what you will be able to do with 6.98 worth of
hardware!!


On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 4:04 PM, tom <thomas.w.cranston at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 01/12/2014 11:13 AM, FiL Farris wrote:
>
> I should have used a better term then "believe" as "guessing from memory"
> might have served better.  In the past year I pulled a 210 with a 2.8 p4
> from the scrap pile and its max was 2GB.   That was not as disappointing as
> finding the 2 DIMMS in it were 256 MB.  Free is free though.
>
> Might have been 2 GB max, as it probably had a mobo from a different
> manufacturer as I stated below. 2 Dell computers might have the same Model
> #, but can have different specs.
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 12:06 PM, tom <thomas.w.cranston at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  On 01/12/2014 10:56 AM, FiL Farris wrote:
>>
>>   I believe the maximum memory on that PC is going to be 2GB so the max
>> you can probably use is 2 x 1GB.
>>
>>  I found 4 GB max for the machine from the link below. A lot of times
>> Dell's info is dated to the time of manufacture. The info I got was
>> relevant to the Service tag number. Dell may use mobo's from any number of
>> manufacturers for a particular product and they can be different.
>>
>>
>> ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_optiplex_desktop/optiplex-210l_user%27s%20guide_en-us.pdf
>>
>> Maximum memory 4 GB
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Stephen Potter <spp at unixsa.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/11/2014 11:37 PM, tom wrote:
>>> > I just came by a Dell Optiplex 210L Desktop Computer 3GHz P4. $6.98 out
>>> > the door. No RAM. Supposed to boot to setup with RAM. Would it run
>>> > better with I - 2 GB stick or 2 - 1GB sticks?
>>> >
>>> > Advantage of using 1 1GB stick, is if it does not POST, and is toast, I
>>> > am only out the cost of $6.98 + cost of 1 stick. If it works, I'll add
>>> > another stick.
>>> >
>>> > Advantage of 1 2GB stick (if it's not toast), I can add another 2GB
>>> stick.
>>>
>>>  Tom-
>>> Performance will be marginally better with two sticks, but considering
>>> the overall specs of the system, probably not enough to be noticeable.
>>>
>>> If I can find where I put it, I did have a couple of sticks lying around
>>> that I'd be willing to let you borrow to test.  Heck, if I find it, and
>>> it works for you and you make me a reasonable offer, I'd even sell it to
>>> you for a good price.
>>>
>>> -spp
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