How much can you upgrade memory (RAM) in a asus p4vp-mx motherboard. There are 2 slots with 256K each (128 pin, I think)

Upgrading RAM on your ASUS P4B-MX Motherboards is easy, we carry compatible RAM Upgrade for ASUS P4B-MX Motherboards, the ASUS P4B-MX Motherboards takes the PC100/133 SDRAM DIMMs.

Supports ECC RAM Type, and comes installed with 0 MB (removable) of RAM. You can upgrade your ASUS P4B-MX Motherboards to up to a maximum of 3.0 GB RAM, the Motherboards has 3 sockets to install RAM, already with 0 MB (removable) standard RAM installed. For best Motherboards performance use the maximum amount of allowed RAM per slot for your system.

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http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_478/P4VPMX/#specifications

1 x AGP 4X (0.8V, 1.5V only) (graphic card AGP)
Memory 2 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 2GB PC2100/PC1600 non-ECC DDR SDRAM memory
Memory 2 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 2GB PC2100/PC1600 non-ECC DDR SDRAM memory 2 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 2GB PC2100/PC1600 non-ECC DDR SDRAM memory

and if you click on the CPU Support List you see that it does not support Dual core processor :(

This motherboard can support up to 2 GIG of RAM and upgrading the RAM will definitely increase the speed of your computer, to make faster also better remove some program that you don't use to free some resources on your computer and do a defrag on your computer.

This issue can be solved if you swap your memory chips(RAM chips inserted in slots).. If you have two chips and slots then try interchanging it and try to boot with only one RAM chip.. Later shut down your computer and add the other chip if it works.. If you are using only one chip, then try the same chip in the other slot and boot.. It fixed for me a couple of times..


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According to the manufacturer's web-site:

http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=0pKBwEIE8tqMT4j7


this motherboard has 4 x DIMM sockets,
supporting a maximum of 4 GB
of DDR2 800/667/533/ Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory

and supports Dual Channel memory architecture.

So, add one 512MB DDR2 533 Mhz RAM into one of the slots,
being sure to leave *ONE* *EMPTY* slot between the two sticks,
in order to enable the high-performance "dual-channel" option.

Try your computer -- it should feel faster.

If you still think that need more RAM, buy two 512MB (or two 1024MB) DDR2 533 Mhz RAM, putting the 2 sticks into the two empty slots.

check ur motherboard manual how much RAM it can support, guess it will have 2 slots for RAM so u can have 2 RAM cards of 1mb each...
ur motherboard manual will tell u the pins the rams should have...
DDR pins are of 184

Socket 478 for Intel Pentium 4/ Celeron up to 3.06 GHz+
- Intel Hyper-Threading Technology ready
- New power design supports Intel next generation Prescott CPU!
2 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 2GB PC2100/PC1600 non-ECC DDR SDRAM memory

with rams, if the memory it has is higher than that of your cpu, the pc will not boot up or if it is too low compared to your cpu again.

thus, you say it has got two slots right, remove both of the 512's and insert the 1gig only, run your computer, i am sure it will boot up nicely. switch it off. put one 512, if it does not boot then you should know that your ram has an excess of memory that your cpu could not apprehend to.

post a coment if this does not work.

thanks,

wonder

Hi safran0785,
The Asus motherboard, P4S533-MX can run two different types of memory.
(Just not at the same time & in different slots).
You can use 2, 184-pin memory, PC2700/PC2100 MHz or PC1600 up to 2GB. (1GB DIMMs) inserted in the two memory slots closest to the CPU.
Or you can run SDR memory, 168-pin PC133 or PC100MHz DIMMs up to 1GB of memory in the last two slots farthest from the CPU.
You can not run both types of memory at the same time.
The 184-pin DDR PC2700MHz memory is much faster then SDR memory.
The maximum amount of system memory supported is 2GB.

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Good luck safran0785!
Mike

Sky's the limit, or budget. You should not have any problem upgrading
to a larger HD. Have a good day.