-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 CA> I don't know what the situation is for HP memory but after they
 CA> purchased Compaq it gave me a reason to suspect that they had
 CA> more in common than I would've thought at first.

Could well be as the manufacturers of _generic_ listings
for Pavilion DIMM's seems to also list Compaq DIMM's.
I found only 8 listings for DIMM's at google
with keywords "Pavilion" "4483" "DIMM" :-(
One was of course H.P.and very pricey.

 CA> I was discussing upgrading memory on my Compaq Deskpro here
 CA> with a guy who makes his living reselling old computers and
 CA> parts. He also had the identical machines (two of them) and
 CA> wanted to upgrade memory. He thought, at first, it was a simple
 CA> matter to match the type of memory with what was already
 CA> installed. He later discovered that 'generic' memory even
 CA> though outwardly identical would not work and that only one
 CA> chip manufacturer was licensed to sell memory chips compatible
 CA> with the Compaq Deskpro. Naturally there are no 'sales' and the
 CA> price is quite high.

Yup, a single generic supplier that claims compatability
comes in at 27 dollars/128 Meg. while H.P. is nearly double that.

 CA> It might be a good idea to verify that 'generic' memory will
 CA> function in the HP before you get too far along. I would call
 CA> HP and _ask_ them rather than spend the weeks my friend did
 CA> trying to pin this down?

 I'm going another way.

 CA> I never did upgrade the memory btw. :-\

 I'm going to wait for a similar machine to be offered used
 with 128 Meg RAM, at least one such chip and go that way.
 I'll never buy any of these proprietary systems new
 for the very reasons listed above.
 I can at least use the listing at H.P.'s web site
 to get the list for Pavilions using the same RAM DIMM's.
 No mention of upgrading the processor anywhere either :-(
 Next system I'm getting as a kit from Pricewatch after evaluating
 motherboards at least that way you can buy stuff that
 takes cheap generic parts and RAM, start with a lower
 speed processor and upgrade as prices fall.
 Gigbyte has a pretty amazing board IIRC will take
 4 Gig RAM, 4 Ghz Pentium and every port, slot and
 option you could possibly want, just under 500 dollars
 at pricewatch as a kit case, power
 suppy, 2.5 GHz Pentium processor but no drives.
 
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