In at least 99.9 percent of computers, PC133 will work in a PC100 computer
and it is usually better memory.
As for the Presario 192, I have never seen one, and don't have one in my
Compaq Service Manual... They show 1923, 1920, 1902, 292, 182, 199, and
092. Tell us more.
As for the memory, I did a quick survey of the 12 suppliers we use for new
memory:
Average price for 128 mb modules: 13.99 Desktop memory
Average price for 256 mb modules: 27.99 Desktop memory
Nothing is sold larger than that, as of course you know.
Average Prices for Laptop Memory:
128 MB $29.99 was $11.99
256 MB $42.99 was $23.99
512 MB $83.99.... this average has gone up from $53.49 in November 2007
An announcement in the financial pages of the New York Times on Sunday
reported that the huge backlog of PC133 memory was no longer a backlog as of
March 29th.
We still have such a backlog of PC133 that we sell 256 mb for $15.
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Jonathan Berry <jberry@islandnet.com> wrote:
> >PC133 is expensive,
>
> I was given an old Compaq Presario with 192 MB RAM and would
> like to add 256 MB or more RAM to make it run faster than
> molasses, for my wife's mom.
>
> The reasonable retail value of this computer is $50 tops
>
> Buying new PC100, 168-pin, Low Density SDRAM, 256 MB stick
> is $30 to $50 by mail order, or $60 from a local shop.
> Actually, the local shop is trying to sell me PC133, saying
> that it will drop back down to PC100, but I don't think it is
> low density.
>
> Anyway, that's the rub in keeping older computers out of
> landfills. Even if they're built to run a reasonable array of
> RAM, fitting them out with it often costs more than the
> computer is worth. By comparison, bumping your current desktop
> from 1 GB to 2 GB is $50 or less.
>
> I don't mind used RAM, but nobody locally seems to be doing
> that. Yah, yah, there's always ebay!
>
>
> >but not nearly as expensive as it is going to be. They
> >are no longer making it, and all the known suppliers are down to
> manageable
> >stock, so they intend to make some real bucks now.
>
A computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour,
tasks which were completely unnecessary to do before.
Cicero 47BC
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