[SWLUG] Re: Interesting experience

[Rhys Sage]

> Dont buy cheap unbranded ram, its a false economy.
> 
> buy from a reliable vendor, eg crucial
> they list many motherboard/pc manufacturers and will
> guarantee that the
> ram they supply for a given model will work in it.
> 
> you can also test the motherboard to find out what
> speed the ram is
> currently running, the bios should have told you. 
> programs  like
> memtest86 can tell you, and i think crucial now have
> some windows
> software that can tell you.

Interesting.... On the crucial site, it specifies
exactly the memory that I bought - ie 512mb DDR
PC333/266 184 pin Dimm 2700/2100 for my HP a705w

Well, it was obviously a really crappy memory module
so it's going back to Best Buy for a refund. After
that we'll get a replacement from Office Max.


	
	
		
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