An out-of-town family member has a Compaq Presario purchased in December 1998. It's a tower and includes a Pentium II 450 processor. It has the standard 128 meg of RAM the system came with. Everything is standard as it was installed by Compaq at the factory. I don't have the exact system model number, but maybe someone here can nail it down with that info. :-) First off, they are not wanting to buy a new system. But they asked me to help them with a couple upgrades. 1. I'm going to increase the RAM from 128 meg to 384 meg (the max the system can hold). Since you all are Compaq experts, what type of RAM do you recommend for this system? I don't have it in front of me, but I'm hoping the system includes 1-128 stick and not 2-64 meg sticks of RAM. Does anyone have this system that can confirm what came with yours? 2. I'm also going to add an internal CD burner. Will any CD burner do the job or is there something special I should look for? Will I need any special cables, racks, etc. to install it? Thanks in advance for your help and advice. Take care, Tracy