<div dir="ltr">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. <div>
<br></div><div>Amazing to think of what you will be able to do with 6.98 worth of hardware!! </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 4:04 PM, tom <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com" target="_blank">thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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. </div>
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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.<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div dir="ltr">I believe the maximum memory on
that PC is going to be 2GB so the max you can
probably use is 2 x 1GB. <br>
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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.<br>
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<a href="ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_optiplex_desktop/optiplex-210l_user%27s%20guide_en-us.pdf" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_optiplex_desktop/optiplex-210l_user%27s%20guide_en-us.pdf</a><br>
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Maximum memory 4 GB <br>
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10:29 AM, Stephen Potter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spp@unixsa.net" target="_blank">spp@unixsa.net</a>></span>
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<div>On 1/11/2014 11:37 PM, tom wrote:<br>
> I just came by a Dell Optiplex 210L
Desktop Computer 3GHz P4. $6.98 out<br>
> the door. No RAM. Supposed to boot to
setup with RAM. Would it run<br>
> better with I - 2 GB stick or 2 - 1GB
sticks?<br>
><br>
> Advantage of using 1 1GB stick, is if
it does not POST, and is toast, I<br>
> am only out the cost of $6.98 + cost
of 1 stick. If it works, I'll add<br>
> another stick.<br>
><br>
> Advantage of 1 2GB stick (if it's not
toast), I can add another 2GB stick.<br>
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Tom-<br>
Performance will be marginally better with
two sticks, but considering<br>
the overall specs of the system, probably
not enough to be noticeable.<br>
<br>
If I can find where I put it, I did have a
couple of sticks lying around<br>
that I'd be willing to let you borrow to
test. Heck, if I find it, and<br>
it works for you and you make me a
reasonable offer, I'd even sell it to<br>
you for a good price.<br>
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-spp<br>
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