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

[amccadden <amccadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thats a propriority system "I got ya'"  --special hardware especially
made for a special computer....do you feel special yet?  I deal with it
every day at work.  ~Anne

David Carmichael wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the reply... we kind of figured that out.. but 'HP' wants $100
> for 64meg for his computer!! OUCH!!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Wallis" <wallis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "David Carmichael" <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 9:53 AM
> Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Ram how to tell if bad or..
> 
> >
> > On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, David Carmichael wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Speaking of Hardware Engineers;
> > >
> > > Yesterday I tied to help a friend out by upgrading his memory on a
> little
> > > 'HP Pavilion XE783' Wal-Mart Special.
> >
> > Hello, David!
> >
> > I have found out that the propriatary machines like HPs often take
> > special memory.  The timings on their memory are slightly different than
> > generic memory, enough to make trouble.  I have put generic PC100 into our
> > Compaqs and they boot but don't stay running  (under LINUX).  I had to go
> > to custom memory.  I have had good luck with www.1stchoicememory.com.
> > You can call them up and tell them your machine model and they'll look it
> > up in a book and figure out what it needs.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > T W
> > >
> > > The DIMM that I had was a 64meg PC-133.
> > >
> > > Other than the fact that you had to have the hands of a two year old and
> > > bend like 'Gumby' to get the ran in the slot...
> > >
> > > Once it was in, we rebooted the system and the video display was all
> > > scrambled.
> > >
> > > Removed the DIMM and rebooted and the video was correct.
> > >
> > > The 'HP' web site calls out for PC-100.
> > >
> > > I thought that the DIMM had gone bad so place it into another system to
> > > check and the second system booted up just fine.
> > >
> > > The Crucial lists PC-133 as a replacement / add-on DIMM.
> > >
> > > Got any suggestions?
> > >
> > > --David
> > >
> > >
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