Also make sure your chipset will carry over the 64 bit instructions. I have
run into a few that even with a 64 bit cpu they didn't carry it through.
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On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Nathan O'Brennan <
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> cat /proc/cpuinfo says:
>
> Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz
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>
>
> Which is a 64-bit instruction set. So it should be good. Regardless, if
> this was not a 64-bit cpu wouldn't pae address that? Or does that require
> 64-bit instructions also? I thought pae was specifically for that type of
> scenario?
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> On 2017-12-12 14:33, Matthew Crews wrote:
>
> What CPU? If it's as old as I think it is, it only has a 32-bit CPU and
> more ram won't help much.
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> -------- Original Message --------
> On Dec 12, 2017, 13:15, Nathan O'Brennan wrote:
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> I'm trying to breathe some last breaths into an old computer my kids
> use. It has 4 slots which are currently occupied by 1 GB DIMMS. I
> searched a bunch of Dell forums and some people were able to get this
> system to upgrade to 8GB of ram while others could only get the 4GB to
> work. I don't want to waste any money here, so I'm hoping to find
> someone who has 2GB PC 4200 DIMMS they are willing to part with?
>
> Nathan
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