Buying ram for someone else

[harley3344]

im buying some ram for a friend and she has a 5 yr old hp no model or anything with me this is what i got off everst pc2100(133mh) dimm1 DDR SDRAM and i dont deal with old technology any help is greatly appriciated... and while im at it sometimes both of her optical drives will be unreconized by the computer... i thought it was a ide cable prob and it seemed it worked for a while but then it just happend again.... sometimes it will work for her and sometimes it wont. Im replacing the ide cable now but what else could it be?

thanks

 

[uzi9mm]

well when these drives are not recognized, do they even receive power? Like do they spin up, and open up?


Also for the memory, just grab a stick of 184-pin DDR (speed does not make a difference) since pc3200 is either the same price or cheaper than pc2100.

 

[the yellow one]

you have to explain to him man. so here it goes: any memory higher than PC2100 or DDR 266 like PC3200 or DDR 400 would be compatible with your system because the higher frequency one would just get downclocked. and yeah i am seeing about the same price for all kinds of memorys in the same size so just find the one's reasonably cheap.

 

[harley3344]

theyre powered and everything but one ( the master) will have the reading light be on constently and will sometimes open... she showed me her little trick but i forget how she did it. ok thanks u save me a few bucks i figured it was old 168 pin mem but i guess not anyways i got the ide cable as snug as i could and everything was perfect when i was over there. Im glad im not the only one who like that 70's show now one else my age likes that show (16) .

 

[the yellow one]

that optical drive might be dying they don't have a very long lifetime. do you have another one to test that?

 

[uzi9mm]

you have to explain to him man. so here it goes: any memory higher than PC2100 or DDR 266 like PC3200 or DDR 400 would be compatible with your system because the higher frequency one would just get downclocked. and yeah i am seeing about the same price for all kinds of memorys in the same size so just find the one's reasonably cheap.

oh well.. i said that they would still work.. isnt that nuff' said?
With all of the words you just said... you confused him.

 

[the yellow one]

well we'll have to ask him about that.

 

[harley3344]

lol it takes a lot more then that to confuse me... im not a complete novis to comps ive just not had the oppertunitys to learn all the small things, this is old technology i thinkthey bought that comp when i was 7-9 so i wasnt intocomputers then any newer technology im fine with (other then a few things that i would like to know like could i stick a nvidia card in a crossfire mobo?) just some of the compadibilitys (and spelling) i have probs with but then thats where this site comes into play. thanks i appreciate everything

edit: would the master being frizzed out cause the seconday not to be reconized at all? and yes tere is power to both... ive had my dvd burner for 2 yrs now and i burn something everyday almost.... although my 5 yr old comp cd drive doesnt want to give up its cds, isnt that a prity long life considering that technology doubles every 6 months (moors law i think).

 

[the yellow one]

i guess anything would be confusing if they don't know anything about it.

 

[teknikull]

OK i need a new PSU but ive looked at pics and kno it wont fit...could i jus plug in all the cords and jus leave the PSU on top of my rig? because it wont fit so i cant screw it in...I NEED A PSU SO THIS IS MY LAST (REDNECK) RESORT! is it wise to do this? will it heat up and fry?