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[KungKras]

Bofferbrauer said:

KungKras said:

Another question. How do I remove RAM that looks like this? And what should I replace it with?

I've tried bending aside those metal thingies, but the RAM still feels a bit stuck and I don't want to break it. The metal also chipped away some of the silicon from the cirquid board :/

I would like to insert four 16MB sticks instead of these three 4MB sticks. When I search Ebay for 16MB RAM I find SIMM EDO RAM and one that was labeled FPM-RAM. Are those the kinds of RAM that goes in a 1996 computer?

To tell you which RAM is correct to use, that's a tricky question, as there where several standards coming out around that timeframe. Apart from EDO RAM (starting in 1995), there was FPM RAM (Fast Page Memory), which most PC where using at the time, and SDRAM, which started out in 1993 and slowly began getting wider acceptance around that time. If you can tell which Processor and Motherboard this 1996 computer uses (or originally used), it could be a bit easier to determine.

Thanks for replying :D

It uses a 133MHz pentium processor.

According to this page, it probably uses EDO-RAM which worries me now that you mention that EDO and FPM are different, because I just bought four of these