OptiPlex GX 110 Tower

Just picked one of these up from a co-worker who was doing some house
cleaning. Surprisingly--for a system sold in April 2001--it still
shipped with Windows 98 SE preloaded and a Dell Win98 COA on the case.
It needs a good dusting but is otherwise immaculate.

It presently has a single 256MB PC133 DIMM installed. My guess is that
being Intel 810E based, it will only accept a low density DIMM to get
up to the 512MB RAM size limit. Anyone know for sure?

The onboard 3Com Ethernet is a nice touch.

William

It presently has a single 256MB PC133 DIMM installed. My guess is that
being Intel 810E based, it will only accept a low density DIMM to get
up to the 512MB RAM size limit. Anyone know for sure?

Crucial.com system checker ?

Hi!

Crucial.com system checker ?

Their "three steps" website process shows they don't carry anything
for this system, and the only thing it does confirm is 1.x USB support
and a 512MB ceiling.

I am not able and do not want to run the system checker for a few
different reasons.

William

William R. Walsh wrote:
Hi!

Crucial.com system checker ?

Their "three steps" website process shows they don't carry anything
for this system, and the only thing it does confirm is 1.x USB support
and a 512MB ceiling.

I am not able and do not want to run the system checker for a few
different reasons.

William

Hi,
The GX110 System User's Guide Technical Specifications:
Memory
Architecture 100-megahertz (MHz) synchronous dynamic random-access memory
(SDRAM)
Dual in-line memory module (DIMM) sockets two (non-error checking and
correction [ECC])
DIMM capacities 32-, 64-, 128-, and 256-megabyte (MB) SDRAM
System random-access memory (RAM) 32 to 512 MB
Basic input/output system (BIOS) address F0000h

I have one of these in the basement. A Pentium III 533 Mini Tower that
still works pretty good for email and Internet... Dean

I am not able and do not want to run the system checker for a few
different reasons.

Fair enough - Belarc Advisor then ? - it can be done offline.

Hi!

Fair enough - Belarc Advisor then ? - it can be done offline.

I'm not opposed to that, if any halfway recent version still runs on Windows
98. :-)

However, it will be a lot simpler to just crack the cover and pop a DIMM in
to see what it does. Knowing the history of the computer, I wouldn't dare
attach it to my network.

William

William R. Walsh wrote:
Just picked one of these up from a co-worker who was doing some house
cleaning. Surprisingly--for a system sold in April 2001--it still
shipped with Windows 98 SE preloaded and a Dell Win98 COA on the case.
It needs a good dusting but is otherwise immaculate.

It presently has a single 256MB PC133 DIMM installed. My guess is that
being Intel 810E based, it will only accept a low density DIMM to get
up to the 512MB RAM size limit. Anyone know for sure?

The onboard 3Com Ethernet is a nice touch.

William
For sure, 512MB limit. Low density memory pretty likely, but I do not
know for certain... Ben Myers

Colin Wilson wrote:
I am not able and do not want to run the system checker for a few
different reasons.

Fair enough - Belarc Advisor then ? - it can be done offline.

But can Belarc tell you pointedly that low density memory is an absolute
requirement, and that high density won't work? ... Ben Myers

Hi!

I'm not opposed to that, if any halfway recent version still runs on
Windows 98. :-)

Windows XP Professional. In 256MB RAM.

I booted it up and every time the desktop appeared, it rebooted. I suspected
blue-screening as the cause and the hardware seemed OK after a few cursory
tests. So I hooked the disk up as a slave in another (healthy) computer,
where I scanned it for viruses.

So far we're at 59 (different!) threats/viruses/malware/spyware/garbageware.
Talk about being run into the ground.

William

Hi!

For sure, 512MB limit. Low density memory pretty likely,
but I do not know for certain... Ben Myers

I found a low density PC133 DIMM last night and used that to top the
machine off. It works fine.

William