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  • D David Wulff

    I have a really old laptop (an Acer Extensa 501T from '96) with all of 32 MB of RAM. I'd like to buy some more RAM for it so I can stick Windows XP Home on it and give it to my mum to run Microsoft Money on. The problem is I can't find any information anywhere as to what I need to buy! :(( Any ideas? On another note I spent five hours today taking it to pieces to re-solder the power connect to the motherboard, and I have to say that for something so damned small I am surprised they managed to fit all that in there - there was a moment when I thought I wasn't going to get it all back! It works now though, which is good, though I do have this one machine screw left over... :suss:


    David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

    One 18yrs male, red and white, good condition; daily servicing required. £500 collect ono.

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    Simon Walton
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    I don't have any ideas for you David, but I thought I should take this opportunity to show how crap my soldering skills are; Pic 1 | Pic 2 As it transpires, it just shows how crap my novelty digital camera is. Simon "This is an equal opportunities airline. The pilot is blind." Sonork ID 100.10024

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    • D David Wulff

      Will I ever be able to live this down, you pelican plumbing female dog... :rolleyes: Actually - and don't laugh at me - I did install DW on it before the power connector started getting loose, and after I got it working again this evening... well the DW icon was much nicer than the MS Word one - hoest guv! :-O


      David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

      One 18yrs male, red and white, good condition; daily servicing required. £500 collect ono.

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      Nick Parker
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      David Wulff wrote: Will I ever be able to live this down, you pelican plumbing female dog... Watch it :mad: I never made any comments about your Dreamweaver posts earlier, I only noticed that others did. You shouldn't try pigeonholing someone who never made an unjust comment about Dreamweaver or your posts before. :) Good luck finding your memory though. Nick Parker


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        David Wulff wrote: Will I ever be able to live this down, you pelican plumbing female dog... Watch it :mad: I never made any comments about your Dreamweaver posts earlier, I only noticed that others did. You shouldn't try pigeonholing someone who never made an unjust comment about Dreamweaver or your posts before. :) Good luck finding your memory though. Nick Parker


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        David Wulff
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        I can't tell if you were serious or not, but I thought I had seen you contribute to my forum thread yesterday, heance the 'p' insults. If it wasn't you then accept my appologies! :-O


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          I don't have any ideas for you David, but I thought I should take this opportunity to show how crap my soldering skills are; Pic 1 | Pic 2 As it transpires, it just shows how crap my novelty digital camera is. Simon "This is an equal opportunities airline. The pilot is blind." Sonork ID 100.10024

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          David Wulff
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          Simon Walton wrote: As it transpires, it just shows how crap my novelty digital camera is. Lol. No comment. :rolleyes:


          David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

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          • D David Wulff

            I can't tell if you were serious or not, but I thought I had seen you contribute to my forum thread yesterday, heance the 'p' insults. If it wasn't you then accept my appologies! :-O


            David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

            One 18yrs male, red and white, good condition; daily servicing required. £500 collect ono.

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            Nick Parker
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            Appologie accepted, we can be pals again. :) Nick Parker


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            • D David Wulff

              Simon Walton wrote: As it transpires, it just shows how crap my novelty digital camera is. Lol. No comment. :rolleyes:


              David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

              One 18yrs male, red and white, good condition; daily servicing required. £500 collect ono.

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              Simon Walton
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              David Wulff wrote: Lol. No comment. The last time I choose dinky factor over image quality I tell you. :) Simon "This is an equal opportunities airline. The pilot is blind." Sonork ID 100.10024

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                David Wulff wrote: Lol. No comment. The last time I choose dinky factor over image quality I tell you. :) Simon "This is an equal opportunities airline. The pilot is blind." Sonork ID 100.10024

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                Shog9 0
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                Yeah, finding out those crappy little spy cams don't come with the half-naked woman displayed along side in the ads is really a let-down, isn't it... ;)

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                  Yeah, finding out those crappy little spy cams don't come with the half-naked woman displayed along side in the ads is really a let-down, isn't it... ;)

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                  Simon Walton
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                  Shog9 wrote: Yeah, finding out those crappy little spy cams don't come with the half-naked woman displayed along side in the ads is really a let-down, isn't it... It's not an XCam, I assure you! :) Simon "This is an equal opportunities airline. The pilot is blind." Sonork ID 100.10024

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                  • D David Wulff

                    I have a really old laptop (an Acer Extensa 501T from '96) with all of 32 MB of RAM. I'd like to buy some more RAM for it so I can stick Windows XP Home on it and give it to my mum to run Microsoft Money on. The problem is I can't find any information anywhere as to what I need to buy! :(( Any ideas? On another note I spent five hours today taking it to pieces to re-solder the power connect to the motherboard, and I have to say that for something so damned small I am surprised they managed to fit all that in there - there was a moment when I thought I wasn't going to get it all back! It works now though, which is good, though I do have this one machine screw left over... :suss:


                    David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

                    One 18yrs male, red and white, good condition; daily servicing required. £500 collect ono.

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                    Alisdair W
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                    Crucial www.crucial.com has a really handy memory configurator which I clicked through to get this: http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2BProductline=Acer%2BExtensa&mfr=Acer&cat=RAM&model=Extensa+501T&submit=Go

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                    • A Alisdair W

                      Crucial www.crucial.com has a really handy memory configurator which I clicked through to get this: http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2BProductline=Acer%2BExtensa&mfr=Acer&cat=RAM&model=Extensa+501T&submit=Go

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                      David Wulff
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                      Hey thanks for the link Alisdair! From their UK site I can buy 128 MB for £30 with no shipping costs - not bad considering it is so old. They also have a heck of a lot of info on memory there - I am still reading!


                      David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

                      One 18yrs male, red and white, good condition; daily servicing required. £500 collect ono.

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                      • D David Wulff

                        I have a really old laptop (an Acer Extensa 501T from '96) with all of 32 MB of RAM. I'd like to buy some more RAM for it so I can stick Windows XP Home on it and give it to my mum to run Microsoft Money on. The problem is I can't find any information anywhere as to what I need to buy! :(( Any ideas? On another note I spent five hours today taking it to pieces to re-solder the power connect to the motherboard, and I have to say that for something so damned small I am surprised they managed to fit all that in there - there was a moment when I thought I wasn't going to get it all back! It works now though, which is good, though I do have this one machine screw left over... :suss:


                        David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

                        One 18yrs male, red and white, good condition; daily servicing required. £500 collect ono.

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                        Martin Marvinski
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                        I think crucial.com will have the info you need.

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                        • N Nick Parker

                          David Wulff wrote: It works now though, which is good, though I do have this one machine screw left over... Did Dreamweaver have anything to do with this? :) Nick Parker


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                          Martin Marvinski
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                          :)

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