John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Tue Sep 27 17:37:22 CDT 2011
Good advice - it's what I do for everything I work on. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of DJK (John) Robinson Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 5:12 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] RAM Terminology Hi Arthur Here's my 2c. Go to the Crucial website www.crucial.com - from the system in question. Use the Crucial System Scanner Tool to "Scan My Computer". Allow and run the download. *Nearly* always, it will identify your motherboard accurately, together with what RAM is installed and what empty slots you have. You probably already know all this so far, *but* crucially(!) it tells you what kinds of RAM are compatible, whether ECC or not, CLs, PCxy00s, DDRz00s, etc etc, and *guarantees* compatibility. Of course you don't have to buy from Crucial. HTH John -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: 27 September 2011 22:42 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] RAM Terminology I'm shopping on eBay for some additional RAM for a computer that allows only DDR1 (I can't afford a new motherboard as well). There's plenty to choose from there and the prices are better than the local stores charge, but before I take the leap, I'd like to clear up some terminology that I don't understand: - low-desity RAM (a few listings say this) - high-density RAM (only one mentions this) - (M368L2923DUN-CCC) for De<http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Samsung-1GB-DDR-PC3200-400MHz-M368L2923DUN-CCC-Desktop-RAM-/120783314737?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item1c1f3f1f31>sktop RAM (only one mentions this) - Non ECC (only a few mention this) - CL3 (a few mention this) I don't need a detailed thesis, just some guidelines. Is high-density better than low, or vice-versa? If neither is mentioned, does that imply the rest are "medium" density? The RAM I already have is 400Mz and nobody seems to offer higher, so I'll stick with that. TIA, Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com