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Subject: Re: Upgrading RAM on a Vivante XL


Author:
Dennis Ocampo
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Date Posted: 11:16:45 04/04/03 Fri

>Hi folks --
>
>I am writing mostly so that the info I am going to
>describe gets archived for anyone mining for this info.
>
>I own a Vivante XL with 300MHz Celeron and 64Mb of
>RAM. I recently decided to increase the amount of
>RAM, and of course Transmonde no longer exists to
>advise me. The info regarding this topic that I found
>in the message board didn't really adequately answer
>the question "Can I simply slap in any generic 144-pin
>SODIMM into the empty RAM slot?"
>
>In an attempt to help answer the question, I wanted to
>describe my simple success story. I purchased a
>128Meg 144-pin PC100 SODIMM from TheChipMerchant. I
>assume the existing memory is PC66, so I wasn't sure
>if it would work together. It did. I just plopped it
>into the empty RAM slot, and away I went, with a nice
>196Meg of RAM to work with.
>
>In addition, the model number on the SODIMM (for
>reference sake) chips is "Samsung 040
>K4S280832A-TC75". A description + data sheet on this
>RAM can be found at:
>
>http://www.usa.samsungsemi.com/products/newsummary/sdra
>mcomp/k4s280832a.htm
>
>Cheers --
>
>Dave Winter

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