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PC Upgrade
Question : My PC uses an Intel Pentium II 350-mega-hertz operating system
with 32 megabytes (MB) of synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) and
a four-gi- gabyte (GB) hard drive disk. I want to upgrade to 256MB DDR SDRAM
and a 40GB (7,200 revolutions per minute) hard disk. Can I upgrade my PC
without changing the motherboard and processor? How much will it cost?
Answer : There's almost no chance that DDR SDRAM will fit into a "normal"
(SDR) SDRAM slot. DDR SDRAM has 184 pins while SDR SDRAM has only 164. Because
of this, DDR SDRAM will not fit into SDR SDRAM slots.
As for the hard disk, it might or it might not, de- pending on the basic
input/ output system (BIOS). The best way to find out is probably to update
the BIOS to the latest version and then borrow a 40GB hard disk from a friend.
If that works, then there's a good chance that 40GB hard disks will install
and work fine. Otherwise, they probably won't. Many sites (such as
www.lowyat.net) con tain price lists that can be used to check the latest
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