Pentium II motherboard memory

[ross549]

My buddy has a Shuttle HOT-637 motherboard, which will be receiving my PII400 processor as soon as my dual processor setup shows up.The other problem we are having is memory, Crucial's site is saying that the 635 motherboard requires a special type of memory, running at $40 per stick!! I don't think so. I thought that it had something to do with the address bus, because the motherboard can read 128MB of a 256 stick we have in it now..I am really confused at this point.... we want a stick of memory that will work..... I know that 128MB is the max the motherboard can read... but $40 seems expensive for a measly 128MB.

[ross549]

From the manual:

[ross549]

Nobody has any ideas?

[Marsden11]

It's the price you pay for keeping old hardware running...

[nilson]

My buddy has a Shuttle HOT-637 motherboard, which will be receiving my PII400 processor as soon as my dual processor setup shows up.The other problem we are having is memory, Crucial's site is saying that the 635 motherboard requires a special type of memory, running at $40 per stick!! I don't think so. I thought that it had something to do with the address bus, because the motherboard can read 128MB of a 256 stick we have in it now..I am really confused at this point.... we want a stick of memory that will work..... I know that 128MB is the max the motherboard can read... but $40 seems expensive for a measly 128MB.

Why don't you try some regular memory? A 128 stick doesn't cost that much at all does it? Why does it have to have more than 128 megs?What sucks is, I have 768MB of PC133 ram, but I can't add it to my new computer becuase it takes PC2700 DDR. I would send you some to try, but my dad wants it all for his computer.

[Peachy]

No, you don't need ECC memory unless you plan on using it as a database/file server. Certain BX chipset motherboards are limited to using only single-sided DIMMs at the higher memory densities. The problem is that pretty much all the memory manufacturers have switched 90% of their production to DDR memory. SDRAM is very rare and highly priced because demand for them has dried up. Generic PC100 128MB SDRAM is selling for about $60 Canadian so your price seems within reason. Unfortunately, you're now at the wrong end of the upgrade curve price-wise considering that brand name PC3200 256MB DDR is selling for $79 Canadian.

[volunteer]

I am really confused at this point.... we want a stick of memory that will work..... I know that 128MB is the max the motherboard can read... but $40 seems expensive for a measly 128MB.

Ross, I know how you feel, I paid $70 for a 256 MB PC 100 stick a couple of days ago. The performance increase on my PII 400 will be worth it. Peachy made a good point, the price has increased $6 over the last few months.