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    Ram on Inspiron 1000

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by spamtheaussie, Nov 9, 2007.

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    I read a bunch of posts about the supposed maximum limit on the amount of RAM a Dell Inspiron 1000 can take, eg:
    http://groups.google.com/group/micr...iron+1000"+maximum+ram+512MB#501f55994c4dd8d3

    I prevaricated for a while but eventually decided to bite the bullet and bought a 1GB stick of RAM.

    To my surprise it worked! The BIOS registered 1280MB RAM (256MB built in + 1024MB on the chip). When I booted into XP it told me I have 1.18GB of RAM (I'm not sure why it's 1.18 instead of 1.25 but presumably it's just an artifact of rounding).

    I used 1GB PC2700 333MHz DDR SO-DIMM RAM from newegg:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231141

    The brand of my RAM is GSkill. ("We are GSkill. Great Skill in Memory World!")

    Hope this helps someone else with the same problem.
     
    spamtheaussie, Nov 9, 2007
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