I have an AMD 64 Athlon with Win XP Pro, SP-3 and I want to add more memory. What should I get?

What socket A64 is that particular chip? 754, 939, AM2 etc? If u are unsure download CPU-Z , run it and post a screen shot of the memory tab ^^

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Is this what you need to see? There was a lot more, going back to 2003. let me know if you need all of it.
Thank you for your help.

History
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1.52 - July 2009
- Fix Core i7 clock bug (1.52.2)
- New design with "Graphics" tab.
- NVIDIA nForce 980a chipset support.
- Intel Core i5 and Core i3 processors.
- Intel Atom Z530, Pentium DC E6300 (2.8GHz) and Core 2 Solo processors.
- Intel P55 and US15W chipsets preliminary support.
- AMD Phenom TWKR support.
- AMD Phenom X2 "Callisto" and Athlon X2 "Regor" processors.
- AMD Opteron 6-core "Istanbul" processor.
- Improved support for Windows 7.
- New Intel logos.

MD5 checksum : please refer to http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php#history

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1.51 - April 2009
- New version with installer.
- NVIDIA ION platform.
- Intel "Clarkdale" processor preliminary support.

MD5 checksum : please refer to http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php#history

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1.50 - February 2009
- Improved support for AMD Phenom II processor.
- Support for NVIDIA 740i chipset.
- Several bug fixes.

MD5 cpuz.exe (1.50) : E1C827C54F527404EDDA6D65DA0280D8

Oh what i meant was download that program in the link and run it on your machine. Let us know what the CPU tab is reporting ^^ Eg a serial Biostar OCer at Xtreme Systems forums with CPU-Z reporting as such on his processor/mainboard


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Is this it?

CPU-Z

Binaries
CPU-Z version 1.52.2

Processors
Number of processors 1
Number of threads 1

APICs
Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0

Processors Information
Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 1 (max 1)
Number of threads 1 (max 1)
Name AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Codename Orleans
Specification AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
Package Socket AM2 (940)
CPUID F.F.2
Extended CPUID F.4F
Brand ID 4
Core Stepping DH-F2
Technology 90 nm
Core Speed 2211.4 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 11.0 x 201.0 MHz
HT Link speed 1005.2 MHz
Stock frequency 2200 MHz
Instructions sets MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64
L1 Data cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
Max FID 11.0x
Max VID 1.400 V

K8 Thermal sensor yes
K8 Revision ID 5.2
Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 0
Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 1
Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 2
Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 3


Thread dumps
CPU Thread 0
APIC ID 0
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 0
Type 02002001h
Max CPUID level 00000001h
Max CPUID ext. level 80000018h
Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 64 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 64 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 512 KB, 1 thread(s)

CPUID
0x00000000 0x00000001 0x68747541 0x444D4163 0x69746E65
0x00000001 0x00040FF2 0x00000800 0x00002001 0x078BFBFF
0x80000000 0x80000018 0x68747541 0x444D4163 0x69746E65
0x80000001 0x00040FF2 0x00000914 0x0000001D 0xEBD3FBFF
0x80000002 0x20444D41 0x6C687441 0x74286E6F 0x3620296D
0x80000003 0x72502034 0x7365636F 0x20726F73 0x30303533
0x80000004 0x0000002B 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000005 0xFF08FF08 0xFF20FF20 0x40020140 0x40020140
0x80000006 0x00000000 0x42004200 0x02008140 0x00000000
0x80000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x0000003F
0x80000008 0x00003028 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000009 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000A 0x00000001 0x00000040 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000B 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000C 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000D 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000E 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x8000000F 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000010 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000011 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000012 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000013 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000014 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000015 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000016 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000017 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000018 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

MSR 0x0000001B 0x00000000 0xFEE00900
MSR 0xC001001E 0x00000000 0x00000052
MSR 0xC0010015 0x00000000 0x02000000
MSR 0xC0010042 0x31061208 0x060E020E
MSR 0xC0010041 0x00000001 0x0000080E

Aha bingo! So now we have established that your A64 is in fact socket AM2 so u shall have to buy DDR2 Can u report what your memory and SPD tab in CPU-Z is reporting?

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Sorry I didn't get back to you right away.
So I need to buy a "DDR2"? Is that it?

Is this what your looking for:


Memory SPD
DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x50
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Kingston (7F98000000000000)
Size 1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-4300 (266 MHz)
Part number
Serial number AC26C152
Manufacturing date Week 21/Year 06
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 3.0-3-3-9-12 @ 200 MHz
JEDEC #2 4.0-4-4-12-16 @ 266 MHz
SPD registers
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 80 08 08 0E 0A 61 40 00 05 3D 50 00 82 08 00 00
10 0C 04 18 01 02 00 01 50 45 00 00 3C 1E 3C 2D 80
20 20 37 10 22 3C 1E 1E 00 00 3C 69 80 1E 28 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 E7
40 7F 98 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 21 AC
60 26 C1 52 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 39 39 30 35 32 33 30 2D 30 30 32 2E 42 30 31 4C

Ok one last thing - report what your mainboard tab in CPU-Z is stating and in your SPD tab : how many DIMMs are 'empty' We have determined that the type of RAMs u are hunting for is DDR2 533 like these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16820141239
the only thing now that remains to be determined are:

1. Do u have empty DIMM slot for RAM addition
2. Is your motherboard compatible with 2GB modules and/or has a limit of just 2GB total perhaps?

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its an AM2 board aka they should have at least 2 ram slots, unless its a flexATX board, also every chipset for the AM2 also supports 16gb or more ram lol.

What I suggest is simple here, throw out your current ram 533mhz DDR2 is really hurting that comp anyway, and id buy a 2gb kit of DDR2 800

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Core I7-3930k -- MSI GTX670 Quad SLI -- ASUS Rampage Extreme IV -- 4x4gb Muskin Redline DDR3 1866 -- 128gb SSD -- Windows 7 Ultimate
Phenom II 960T -- XFX HD4870 -- ECS IC780M -- 2x2gb DDR3 1333 -- 500gb HD -- Windows 7 Home Premium

Monitoring
Mainboard Model MS-7260 (0x0000019C - 0x005F1AF0)


DMI
DMI BIOS
vendor American Megatrends Inc.
version 080014
date 06/02/2006

DMI System Information
manufacturer MSI
product MS-7260
version 1.0
serial SYX
UUID 00020003-00040005-00060007-00080009

DMI Baseboard
vendor MSI
model MS-7260
revision 1.0
serial Microstar

DMI System Enclosure
manufacturer To Be Filled By O.E.M.
chassis type Desktop
chassis serial To Be Filled By O.E.M.

DMI Processor
manufacturer AMD
model AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
clock speed 2225.0 MHz
FSB speed 200.0 MHz
multiplier 11.0x

DMI Processor
manufacturer unknown
model unknown

DMI Memory Controller
correction 64-bit ECC
Max module size 1024 MBytes

DMI Memory Module
designation DIMM0
size 1024 MBytes (double bank)

DMI Memory Module
designation DIMM1

DMI Memory Module
designation DIMM2

DMI Memory Module
designation DIMM3

(I left out all of the "DMI Port Connector". There are about 22 listed. Do you need this info?)


DMI Physical Memory Array
location Motherboard
usage System Memory
correction None
max capacity 8192 MBytes
max# of devices 4

DMI Memory Device
designation DIMM0
format DIMM
type unknown
total width 64 bits
data width 72 bits
size 1024 MBytes

DMI Memory Device
designation DIMM1
format DIMM
type unknown

DMI Memory Device
designation DIMM2
format DIMM
type unknown

DMI Memory Device
designation DIMM3
format DIMM
type unknown

Ok so u have an AM2 motherboard with 4 DIMM allowing a max of 8GB DDR2 support. So 2GB RAM modules are supported - i would just get a single stick of 2GB DDR2 533 then

Cheers ^^

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Thank you so much for all your help.
lfshadow

You are welcomed and happy weekends ^^

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