Author: Philip Stubbs Date: To: adam.trickett, Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [HARDWARE] begging for old RAM and giving a PC away
2009/3/15 Dr A. J. Trickett <adam.trickett@???>: > On Sunday 15 Mar 2009, Dominic Cleal wrote:
>> On Sunday 15 March 2009 15:46:04 Dr A. J. Trickett wrote:
>> > Now I can buy 400MHz PC3200 DDR RAM from Novatech et al., but as everyone
>> > knows old RAM such as 256 or 512 MB sticks of this vintage are
>> > disproportionately expensive. Has anyone got a 256 or 512 stick lying
>> > around that they would like to see go to a good home?
>>
>> Is it a minimum of PC3200?
>
> Checking out the DDR details on Wikipedia, all DDR RAM is the same it's just
> the certified frequency that matters. The current stick is a single DDR-400
> or PC-3200, so it needs to be a PC-3200 stick if I keep the current one in.
> If someone (or you) have more RAM in a slightly slower configuration, then
> I suspect that's probably okay, I put the new sticks in a take the older one
> out.
Adam,
I have a stick sat in front of me. On the label it says:-
DDR400(2.5) 512MX16
It came out of a Novatech Barebones system from 2005 vintage. All I am
sure about is that it is 512Mb
If you want it, it is yours. Consider it payback for a machine you
gave to me years ago. :-)
