Are you sure your system cannot use 2 or 3 sticks of 256 MB?&nbsp; While I would not suggest you buy them for that machine, maybe we could find some in a parts bin somewhere.<br><br>If you run sudo lshw and look for the memory section it might look something like:
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *-memory<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; description: System Memory<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; physical id: 36<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; slot: System board or motherboard<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; size: 1GB<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *-bank:0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; description: DIMM SDRAM Synchronous
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; product: PartNum0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vendor: Manufacturer0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; physical id: 0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; serial: SerNum0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; slot: DIMM0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; size: 512MB<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; width: 64 bits
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *-bank:1<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; description: DIMM [empty]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; product: PartNum1<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vendor: Manufacturer1<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; physical id: 1<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; serial: SerNum1<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; slot: DIMM1
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *-bank:2<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; description: DIMM SDRAM Synchronous<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; product: PartNum2<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vendor: Manufacturer2<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; physical id: 2<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; serial: SerNum2<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; slot: DIMM2
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; size: 512MB<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; width: 64 bits<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *-bank:3<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; description: DIMM [empty]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; product: PartNum3<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vendor: Manufacturer3<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; physical id: 3
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; serial: SerNum3<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; slot: DIMM3<br>which would say what kind of slots you have (what kind of memory to look for).<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/28/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Michael Havens</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:bmike101@cox.net">bmike101@cox.net</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:39:21 -0700, Dazed_75 &lt;<a href="mailto:lthielster@gmail.com">lthielster@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br>&gt; The only way he could be maxxed on ram is if he has 3 slots with 128Mb<br>&gt; memory in each.&nbsp;&nbsp;If he has 2 slots or 4 then he has to be running
<br>&gt; different<br>&gt; sized sticks in one or more and can't be maxxed out.&nbsp;&nbsp;If his motherboard<br>&gt; cannot handle over 384 MB it has to be from the 1980's or so and is<br>&gt; probably<br>&gt; a PII or less so almost anything graphic can eat the machine using
<br>&gt; X-windows.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Michael, please open a terminal and issue these 2 commands and post the<br>&gt; output here:<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep name<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cat /proc/meminfo | grep Mem<br><br>
it is an AMD K6 3D processor<br>total memory: 385264<br>free memory:&nbsp;&nbsp;6660<br><br>Your first guess is correct..... 3 slots with 128MB..... you're good!<br>:~)MIKE(~:<br>---------------------------------------------------<br>
PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us">PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us</a><br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change&nbsp;&nbsp;you mail settings:<br><a href="http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss">
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.&nbsp;&nbsp;- Dr. Seuss