First post, by apricot
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I'm having trouble trying to upgrade the RAM on my DELL 425s/L
According to the manual the machine should take up to 64MB RAM. I am forever stuck with 03360K RAM no matter what sticks I try, its either that or the machine wont post.
When I got the machine it came with a stick of 8MB EDO RAM but the 8MB stick reads as 3360k so I originally thought it had a 4MB stick but when I tried that stick in another 486 it reads as 8MB.
I went on ebay and I bought another stick of EDO RAM 8MB... I installed the memory into the machine and it reads as 3360k just like the other stick did. I tried them both together but the machine didn't like it. I tried a 32MB stick I had and the machine reads it as 4433k
I was then informed that this machine doesn't use EDO RAM so I thought... ah thats why, so I went back onto ebay and bought an FPM stick of 8MB RAM. I get it today and tried it but the machine wont post with FPM RAM. I reseated the RAM the seller says these RAM sticks have been tested.
I'm getting a bit frustrated I can't play certain games because I get RAM errors.
Before I give up on this machine does anybody know if this machine took a specific type of RAM?