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Middletown Forum : 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 Memory - $30 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Middletown Forum : For Sale : 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 Memory - $30 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:42:28 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:46:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.12 360 www.middletownusa.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2221 Middletown Forum http://middletownusa.com/images/blog-logo.jpg http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 Memory - $30 : PattiGal wrote:Mike...did you... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=14651&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#14651 Author: Mike_Presta
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Posted: Dec 09 2009 at 10:46am

PattiGal wrote:

Mike...did you REALLY post that at 3 in the morning?!?!? Very clever indeed! I don't know you, but I wish my brain fired like that at night!

Patti,

Well, I do tend to be "nocturnal"! In fact, it's now past my bed time, I better get some sleep!!!

Good night all!!!

]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:46:22 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=14651&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#14651 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 Memory - $30 : Pacman wrote:Mike Next time... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=14650&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#14650 Author: Mike_Presta
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Posted: Dec 09 2009 at 10:42am

Pacman wrote:

Mike Next time go here first:

http://www.crucial.com/

Pac,

I looked at several sites ("Crucial" may have been one of them.) that had similar "compatibility generators" to be sure that I was ordering the correct thing. Newegg had one, and they also seemed to have the best prices. (In fact, lower for the "crucial" brand than the crucial site was!)

That wasn't the problem. The problem was Adam's directions!!!

adamwlewis wrote:

Yes, the installation is SIMPLE. Remove your existing DIMMs and put these in. 5 minutes tops to complete. Hardest part will be removing the side of the case.

I didn't read them!!!

]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:42:03 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=14650&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#14650 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 Memory - $30 : Mike, glad you got the computer... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=14641&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#14641 Author: adamwlewis
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Posted: Dec 09 2009 at 8:02am

Mike, glad you got the computer working. Unfortunately, this is this the downside to pre-built computers, you just never know what they are made of. It sounds like your motherboard wanted all matching memory, so since your first two sticks didn't match your new two sticks, it got all confused.

Since it sounds like you have 4 memory slots, you could purchase another set of the same memory and have 4GB, if you like.

So, if I understand correctly, you have ]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:02:27 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=14641&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#14641 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 Memory - $30 : Mike Next time go here first: ... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=14639&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#14639 Author: Pacman
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Posted: Dec 09 2009 at 7:04am

Mike Next time go here first:

http://www.crucial.com/

]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:04:01 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=14639&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#14639 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 Memory - $30 : Mike...did you REALLY post that... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=14638&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#14638 Author: PattiGal
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Posted: Dec 09 2009 at 6:54am

Mike...did you REALLY post that at 3 in the morning?!?!? Very clever indeed! I don't know you, but I wish my brain fired like that at night!]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:54:13 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=14638&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#14638 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 Memory - $30 : adamwlewis wrote:Here is what... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=14634&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#14634 Author: Mike_Presta
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Posted: Dec 09 2009 at 3:02am

adamwlewis wrote:

Here is what I would buy if it were my computer:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820161161

This will give you 2GB of memory, twice what you have now. I would recommend going to 4GB of memory, but the cost is really just too much to justify.

Adam,

I took your advice and ordered from Newegg, but I bought Kingston instead of Wintech.

When the new RAM memory sticks arrived, I chucked a spade bit into my ½” hammer-drill (have I ever mentioned that I spent 30 years in heavy industrial engineering and construction management, and that these are the only kind of tools that I own?) and opened the case of my computer. Of course I had unplugged it first!!! (The computer, not the hammer-drill.)

There was a lot of dust and dirt inside so I really couldn’t see much. I didn’t think I should touch anything so I went to the garage and brought in our electric leaf blower. I cranked it up and blew all of that dirt and dust out of the computer case, as well as all of the spare parts that the factory must’ve left inside. It sure did make a mess of my office though.

Well, I saw some parts that looked a lot like the new memory sticks, and it looked like they would fit just right, so I held my breath and SNAP, SNAP!! Whaddayaknow??? They fit like they were made for it!!! I was proud of myself, thinking that I was becoming a REAL computer weinie now! But I thought that I should test it before I welded the case back closed again.

Well I plugged her in and pushed the button and the lights started blinking just as they should, and everything was looking good…until

there came, in a very small, odd-colored font, a message in the center of my monitor:

out of range

This was puzzling, since my monitor is HARD-WIRED to my computer!!!

I looked back at the front of the case, and the “power on” light was lit, but none of the other little lights were blinking!!!

After I changed pants and aired out the room a little, I decided that perhaps I just had the two new sticks of RAM in backwards. So, I carefully removed them and switched the order…putting the second where the first had been and the first where the second had been. Time to test again and this time:

Nothing!!! The “power on” light was lit, but nothing else!!! I peered into the case and I could see all three of the little fans running, but nothing else was MOVING!!! Well, I turned it off again, unplugged the power cord, and decided to put it back exactly how it originally was, so that I could write a stern letter to Newegg for sending me two defective RAM memory sticks!!!

So…I put everything back exactly how it was right after I jack-hammered the case open and blew off the dust, plugged it back in, hit the power switch, and…

NOTHING!! Yep, that’s right!!! The faithful “power on”” light was lit, and the three little fans were spinning, but absolutely nothing else was buzzing, whirring, blinking or lighting…not so much as a glow!!!

So…I changed pants again, sprayed Glade (April fresh scent) all around the room, and began pondering where I could buy a new computer at 3:00 AM on a Sunday morning.

I thought: I’ll find a place on-line…but I can’t get on-line!! Then I said to myself: Self, you’ve obviously fried this whole thing, so why not take one last stab? Why not try actually taking the two original 512mb RAM sticks OUT, and putting one (or both) of the new 1G RAM sticks IN, in the very slots where the 512mb sticks were? And so I did!!!

And now my machine is running so MUCH better that I’ve actually duct-taped the side of the case back on (just until I feel good enough to drag the welding leads all the way down here so I can seal weld the case.)

Does anyone know what kind of electrode to use when joining the metal part of the case to the plastic part???

]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:02:05 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=14634&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#14634 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 Memory - $30 : Very odd though... wonder who... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=13382&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#13382 Author: adamwlewis
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Posted: Nov 03 2009 at 9:14am

Very odd though... wonder who it was...]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:14:50 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=13382&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#13382 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 Memory - $30 : Wasn't I Adam I should have... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=13377&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#13377 Author: Bocephus
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Posted: Nov 02 2009 at 11:11pm

Wasn't I Adam I should have got my lazy butt in gear faster.Glad to see the For sale add worked for you.

]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:11:20 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=13377&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#13377 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 Memory - $30 : Bocephus.... I'm very confused... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=13371&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#13371 Author: adamwlewis
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Posted: Nov 02 2009 at 7:45pm

Bocephus.... I'm very confused (not with you)... but.... someone came to my office today while I was out and purchased bought it from my secretary. They didn't leave their name, so I assumed it was you. But since it wasn't.... I'm very very confused as to who it may have been...]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:45:55 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=13371&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#13371 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 Memory - $30 : Adam I did not know the memory... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=13344&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#13344 Author: Bocephus
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Posted: Nov 02 2009 at 2:11pm

Adam I did not know the memory was backwards compatible as I have forgotten more about computers in the last few years then I ever knew.I am from the days of windows 98 and blue screens

PM me with details on how to get the memory from you please.]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:11:44 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2221&PID=13344&title=2gb-2x1gb-ddr2-memory-30#13344