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[mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Eric C. Vogel
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 5:46 PM
To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [CTS] Re: Dell Ram
Crucial does not sell RAMBUS. I think it is a junker. It is like putting
a
Thousand $ trans in a $500 value care.
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[mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hal Brown
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 5:32 PM
To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [CTS] Re: Dell Ram
You can clean the mem stick, but be very careful. Don't use the old
eraser
trick; that will just leave a film on it. I use Stabiliant 22a. This is
probably the best electronic contact cleaner available. You can find it
at
high-end car dealerships, usually.
You may luck out and cleaning will do the trick. I find this about %50 of
the time. The only real way to know is to swap out a known good mem
stick.
I know it must have DDR, but what does the MB call for?
Best Buy is about the worst place to ask about anything computer.
NewEgg or
Crucial are both good places. At the Crucial web site you can see what
the
computer memory needs are. They list just about everything.
Good luck,
Hal
On 10/26/2005 04:26 pm, Murray Reid wrote:
> I've just been given a Dell Dimension 8200 by a friend. It won't boot
> but I'm pretty sure it is a ram problem.
>
> He removed one stick and took it BestBuy to identify type and possibly
> buy some additional. He was told it was a discontinued type and very
> expensive so he ended up buying a new machine. He gave me the dell to
> salvage what I could (including an 80 gig hard drive). When he put
> the ram back in, he couldn't get it to boot. It has continuous long
> beeps, which I understand is a ram problem. Of course he didn't
> protect the ram in any way when he took it to the store and may have
damaged it.
>
> Of course it won't fit any other machine and can only be installed in
> pairs, but is there any other way to test or clean it. Is it possible
> that dust may have got in the slots ?
--
Hal Brown
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