Is too much memory bad

[GiZmo]

I have a PII which has 256 right now and i was thinking of upgrading to to 512 prob 1g. whats the possibliltys of going wrong???

 

[The51]

I would check out ur motherboard specs, and see if your board supports that much, alot of PII boards max out at either 128mb or 256mb...

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

Your CPU cant handle 512mb..... Or atleast i dont think it can...

 

[FadingTheory]

My PII maxed out at 256x3 (Module limits).

I was working fine with two sticks of 64, or one stick of 128. Then I upgraded to 3 three sticks of 128... and killed my motherboard a week later.

So, word to the wise: be careful with those older systems. They don't like the RAM.

 

[Rouen]

With a system that old, your better off spending a couple hundred and getting a new processor and memory. I spent about... 400 dollars and got a half way decent video card, not great, check my specs, my MOBO, Memory, and new SATA HD, again, check my signature. If your hoping to keep such a weak system, then at least get a cheap Pentium 4 or decent AMD processor, a good solid motherboard by companies like ABIT or ASUS, and memory from companies like Corsair and Kingston.

 

[GiZmo]

lol thanks ill take your words i might as well stay at 256

 

[Blitze105]

really? this computer costed me 380.. i think it was a good buy..
Amd athlon 2500+ 1.8GHz
512 RAM, bout to be upgraded to 768 i think
64 bit video card
works great.. like he suggest id just get a new comptuer sell or use the good parts on urs

 

[GiZmo]

i think my PII is tight