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  1. June 30th, 2001, 12:17 PM #1
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    Question A question concerning a Gateway Astro (groan)!

    OK I know it barely qualifies as a computer, my sister bought my niece a refurbished Astro a 1½ ago, before her sophmore year in college and w/out my knowledge, actually it's not been a bad machine. Slow (Celery 400) but for the work she was doing on it (word, excel an occasional game) not bad. I put on a USB NIC Card and Sprintbroadband rocks along pretty well. The question that was posed to me was it possible to upgrade the memory to 128 meg from the 64? My immediate response was no. I've since heard from an ex co-worker that it may be possible, but have found no documentation supporting this. As I've never cracked the thing opened I do not know if the memory is a permanent resident of the mobo or removable. I've told my niece to live with a short while longer (it still meets her immediate needs), let me put together a system for her (we live 500 hundred miles apart), or order one from Local Shop/Dell/Gateway.
    Anyway has anyone heard of upgrading these machines? Thank you in advance <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
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    Looks like the Astro uses an 810 chipset MOBO and probably has 2 standard Dimm Memory slots. You should have no trouble putting in more memory. This is straight from Stephen at Gateway.
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    Thanks Silverman you are absolutely right! After I read your post I was able to find an Intel 810 layout and it will support up to 512 meg of PC66 or PC100 SDRAM (hello crucial.com). Now if I can figure out how to crack the puppy open. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
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    You are on your own there PAK.
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    Hey thanks. my wife has an Astro, also bought refurbished. it has been a OK computer but being able to upgrade it is <IMG SRC="smilies/cool.gif" border="0">
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