I did the scanner at Crucial dot com and it indicates the most I can add is two 512mb modules. It says the computer can only a max of 1gig.
I already have a 256 and a 512 so the improvement will be marginal.
It is only about 20 bucks for a module, though.
It's not rocket science or a lot of money to replace the motherboard with one that will accept more RAM.
I agree... Hardware has gotten so cheap lately that it's a poor choice to run anything other than Win7 with at least 6BG of RAM. Although I'd also recommend replacing your CPU. Something like an i7-2600 (or better, or a decent i5 that is similar) with 16GB RAM is pretty cheap these days, and performs SO MUCH better. Although you may want to also upgrade your software to something approved to work on Win7, which may cost more. But there are tricks to get older software working on Win7, so that may not be necessary.
The upgrade leap can be dicey with older survey apps. Our Maptech/Survis machine remains mired in the '90's.
Given that vintage machine even an additional 256 is a nice increase.
No BIOS updates, Dave?
Rick
According to a manual I was reading recently for a machine dating from 2005, it might run faster if you replaced the 256mb module with a 512mb at the same time. Something to do with dual-channel memory mode. And aside from different-size modules slowing things down, apparently the performance of the whole memory bank is limited by the speed of the slowest module.
Hard drive failure is always a concern with older machines. I've had a couple of them go out after about 4 years of use.
