[aclug-L] Re: Ram how to tell if bad or..

[David Carmichael <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Per your request:
http://www.computersurplusoutlet.com

Earlier this week the same memory was priced at $84 each and today the price
was down to I think $67.77
(They are having a '77' sale where everything ends in '77')


----- Original Message -----
From: "Clint Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxx>
To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 11:08 AM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Ram how to tell if bad or..


>
> In case they have a deal like this again who was this merchant?
>
>
> On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 10:42, David Carmichael wrote:
>
>
> >
> > Arnold -
> >
> > I was just trying to add a DIMM to his open second slot, could not tell
via
> > the BIOS what the first installed DIMM's type/speed was or anything.
> >
> > Since the value of a 64meg PC-133 DIMM is basically 'NILL' any more and
I
> > happened to have this one laying around I was just trying to help him
out.
> > But it just did not work out.
> >
> > By the end of today I would of had two more 64meg DIMM's that I could of
> > tried... but he drove in from outside of Wichita to purchase the scanner
> > that I had for sale and I wanted to make sure that it would work with
his
> > computer before I sold it to him.. so I had him bring along his
CPU/CASE,
> > saw how little memory he had and was going to give him the memory.
> >
> > It could of been his first DIMM that was really giving the troubles
because
> > he has always said that the computer was always giving him 'BLUE
SCREENS'
> > and by adding the second DIMM caused the error to happen during boot.???
> >
> > Speaking of DIMM pricing.. picked up 2-512meg dimms the other day online
for
> > $40 each!!! It was a one day sale and the dealer does not have a high
> > rating.. but I have done business with them in the past, so took the
risk,
> > and "LOW AND BEHOLD" the memory is working like a charm in my HP Athlon
> > 1700+ system... now maxed out this system memory at one Gig.
> >
> > --David
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Arnold Cavazos Jr." <abcjr@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 10:25 AM
> > Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Ram how to tell if bad or..
> > >
> > > Nah, a $100 for 64MB is ridiculous unless it is some FP 30-pin simm.
> > > I see that the MoBo has 2 DIMM slots.  Were you trying to add memory
or
> > > replace memory?  Mismatching memory speeds, CAS latencies, etc. is
never
> > > a good idea.  Since you already know about Crucial why don't you send
> > > your friend to Crucial to purchase memory?  A $100 will buy 512MB of
> > > memory for your friends computer (tax excluded).
> > >
> > > We have well over 6GB of Crucial memory in production over here
> > > (everything from mail servers to Cisco 7200VXR's).
> > >
> > > --
> > > Arnold B. Cavazos, Jr.                           Voice:  (316)858-3000
> > > Director of Sales & Marketing                      Fax:  (316)858-3001
> > > Hubris Communications                        Toll-Free:  (866)267-INET
> > > abcjr@xxxxxxxxxx   http://www.iwichita.com    http://www.dslkansas.net
> >
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