how to find the mobo spec

[hillary]

This pc have the mobo with M266A written on the board. It alos have the
chipset VIA
8235
There are 4 DIMMS and 2 are occupied (192 + 256) DDR400. Now I want to know
how much ram can this mobo support. Google M266A and there are many but which
one should I pick. Any advice much appreciate.

 

[John John]

Re: how to find the mobo spec

Search on the BIOS ID string. The id string may appear on the screen
when the computer boots or you may find it by accessiong th BIOS.

http://www.motherboards.org/moboidtools.html

There are tools available that can get the id string for you:

http://www.motherboards.org/tools/downloads.html

John

hillary wrote:

> This pc have the mobo with M266A written on the board. It alos have the
> chipset VIA
> 8235
> There are 4 DIMMS and 2 are occupied (192 + 256) DDR400. Now I want to know
> how much ram can this mobo support. Google M266A and there are many but which
> one should I pick. Any advice much appreciate.

 

[Heirloom]

Re: how to find the mobo spec

John John,
Wouldn't SiSoft Sandra or Belarc provide the needed info???.....and,
wouldn't the Me OS be the operational limiting factor for the ram? I seem
to recall something about that, could be wrong, probably am.
Heirloom, old and time for a nap

"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:uYaojd$EIHA.4748@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Search on the BIOS ID string. The id string may appear on the screen when
> the computer boots or you may find it by accessiong th BIOS.
>
> http://www.motherboards.org/moboidtools.html
>
> There are tools available that can get the id string for you:
>
> http://www.motherboards.org/tools/downloads.html
>
> John
>
> hillary wrote:
>
>> This pc have the mobo with M266A written on the board. It alos have the
>> chipset VIA
>> 8235
>> There are 4 DIMMS and 2 are occupied (192 + 256) DDR400. Now I want to
>> know how much ram can this mobo support. Google M266A and there are many
>> but which one should I pick. Any advice much appreciate.

 

[glee]

Re: how to find the mobo spec

Download, install, and run EVEREST Free Edition:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/EVEREST_Free_Edition_d4181.html

In the Computer> Summary and the Motherboard> Motherboard sections, it should
identify your motherboard. After that you can google your board for details of its
RAM capacity.

Also, you can go to the Crucial or Kingston web sites and look up your motherboard
on their memory configurators. They will show you the exact modules that are
compatible, in various sizes, along with the total amount you can use in the system.
Crucial also has an ActiveX control that will let you scan your system and tell you
what RAM you can install, and in what amounts.

www.crucial.com

www.kingston.com
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"hillary" <hillary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:16ED8F7A-51F4-4E3C-BCD1-6E786F7E6342@microsoft.com...
> This pc have the mobo with M266A written on the board. It alos have the
> chipset VIA
> 8235
> There are 4 DIMMS and 2 are occupied (192 + 256) DDR400. Now I want to know
> how much ram can this mobo support. Google M266A and there are many but which
> one should I pick. Any advice much appreciate.

 

[Greegor]

Re: how to find the mobo spec

> This pc have the mobo with M266A written on the board.
v
> There are 4 DIMMS and 2 are occupied

Apparently it's NOT an ASRock M266A
which has 2 DDR 400 slots with 2 GB max.

The VIA chipset involved is P4M266A so several
makers boards are likely called M266A
but it's probably a 2.4 or 2.6 GHz board.