Comments on: Upgrading the RAM on Eee Box

By: Gunnar Forsgrten

Gunnar Forsgrten — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:03:16 +0000

Instead of a table knife I recommend an expired credit card. It makes wonders and eventually the cover comes off without the need to use force or make scratches.

By: juanma

juanma — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:06:50 +0000

@SB

Normally yes, 1GB+0.5GB=1.5GB.

However, then it will not run in dual-channel mode. (which is faster, and only works in this way when both RAM modules are equal, in size and in specs)

By: SB

SB — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:24:30 +0000

I do have one spare 1GB DIMM. My box came with two 512MB DIMMs. Is it possible to replace one 512MB DIMM with the 1GB – in fact ending up with 1,5GB memory?

By: Youf

Youf — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:00:54 +0000

You should clarify “take a table knife and work on the spots shown with the green crosses”, because I almost broke the cover. Don’t try to lift it with your knife, but instead try to separate it from the side (sorry, my english is basic, I know it’s not very clear but that’s all I can do).

Also, I had problems to insert the RAM cards. They didn’t want to enter their slot even if I pushed hard. After a few minutes, I found out that they must be inserted with a 30° angle.

By: JL

JL — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:16:08 +0000

Thanks for the great guide with explanation how to remove the cover!

By: Gino

Gino — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:47:27 +0000

It’s true only one SO-DIMM slot available, up to 2GB of RAM

To be fully compliant with all applicable Intel® SDRAM memory specifications, the
board should be populated with an SO-DIMM that supports the Serial Presence Detect
(SPD) data structure. If the SO-DIMM does not support SPD, you will see a
notification to this effect on the screen at power up. The BIOS will attempt to
configure the memory controller for normal operation.
The Desktop Board has one 200-pin DDR2 SO-DIMM connector with gold-plated
contacts. It supports:
• 533 MHz unbuffered, non-registered DDR2 SO-DIMMs
• Serial Presence Detect (SPD) memory only
• Non-ECC memory
• Up to 2 GB of memory

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:31:04 +0000

I have a B204 box and was told by other users in a forum that it had only 1 slot not 2 slots.Crucial.com say 2 slots.Can anyone confirm this?

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:05:56 +0000

Reading the above comments helped… changing the BIOS Advanced Chipset setting from Auto to 400MHz RAM speed got it working, I guess the native eee Box RAM is operating at 533 and the PC-5300 can’t, so it got confused…

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:47:55 +0000

Instructions were great… one caution, when putting the case side back, the tabs fold over (and subsequently break off) rather easily, at least one of mine did on the front side top – the other 5 tabs and 2 screws still hold the side very securely.

Also, I had purchased an eee Box and an eee 1000HE (together for the cost of one \"normal\" PC) and upgraded the memory in the 1000HE from 1GB to 2GB, thinking I would be slick and put the 1GB stick from the 1000HE in my eee Box. My eee Box came with a single 1GB stick marked 667MHz, the stick from the 1000HE is marked 1GB 2Rs16 PC2-5300S-555-12-A3, long story short, the eee Box would not boot with both sticks in (didn\’t try the 1000HE memory in there alone…) Oh well, so much for a cheap upgrade.

By: GregYohn

GregYohn — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:05:18 +0000

Yes, I used my butter knife and opened the case and my jeweler screw drivers did not work! Nothing was broken and this information needs to be on the forum.eeeuser.com website!