At least with Intel chips, you can usually look up the product info at
https://ark.intel.com.
In the case of the Core 2 4300, yes it is a 64-bit CPU with 64-bit instruction set support.
Happen to have an exact model of Dell PC? If you are still having trouble finding RAM modules, you could check a memory manufacturer like Crucial (
http://www.crucial.com) to see if more modern RAM is backwards compatible.
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>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 <plugaz@codezilla.xyz> wrote:
>>cat /proc/cpuinfo says:
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>>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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>>>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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