[dba-Tech] RAM question

Two thoughts for you, Arthur (from someone older and wiser - well, lazier):

1.	RAM - I use Crucial's System Scanner -
http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/ - which gives you much of what you
want, maybe everything.  I like Crucial because they *guarantee* compatible
upgrades.  And their on-line live technical support seems good too.

But if you do open the box:
2.	Forget yanking the chip.  That's what I used to do.  Get a compact
digital camera with a reasonable macro facility, poke it into the PC and
blast away: obscurely placed tiny bits of information (serial numbers,
jumper settings, etc) yield up their secrets after a few attempts.  You can
probably blow up the picture enough not to need your glasses, *and* you've
got a documented record.

John


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: 29 February 2008 00:02
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] RAM question


And besides opening it, I'd have to yank one of the chips so I can read the
label etc. Oh yeah, and locate my glasses first so I can read the label once
I yank the chip. "I grow old, I grow old, I shall wear the bottoms of my
trousers rolled," as T.S. Eliot put it.

A.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software <
rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:

> Well, yeah.  But his parameter was "what kind of RAM is installed in a 
> box without  opening it?"
>
> Follow the rules, now.
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> Rocky
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