No problems with Dell 8250...need help

[Greg03]

After years of cutting fingers and wasting money building my own systems I bought a Dell. Now the problem is that it is reliable. It is not noisy and has no problem areas. Anyone think of a part for me to break?

 

[BigSmooth]

I have an 8250, and I wish it didn't use bloody RDRAM.

 

[Kadarin]

Don't break it.. upgrade it in some fashion.

 

[fs5]

cutting fingers? how the heck do you build your systems? with a hack saw?

 

[pyonir]

I have an 8200 and agree that I wish it didn't use RDRAM

 

[Koing]

All of my systems that I have built are stable and don't hassle me at all.

Koing

 

[RossMAN]

I'm waiting for a super hot deal on an 8300, glad they did away with RDRAM.

 

[DainBramaged]

Let my brother play with it for a few minutes. He messes up every computer he touches.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I'm waiting for a super hot deal on an 8300, glad they did away with RDRAM.

It was supposed to be the next great thing...yet it never caught on and i still expensive as hell compared to any other RAM. 🙁

 

[BigSmooth]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I'm waiting for a super hot deal on an 8300, glad they did away with RDRAM.

It was supposed to be the next great thing...yet it never caught on and i still expensive as hell compared to any other RAM. 🙁

I didn't really want it, but I got the 8250 (legitimately) in that crazy educational rebate deal last year and it was the only option.
I've considered swapping out the motherboard, it wouldn't be much more expensive than buying more RDRAM.
I'm too lazy, though.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: BigSmooth

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I'm waiting for a super hot deal on an 8300, glad they did away with RDRAM.

It was supposed to be the next great thing...yet it never caught on and i still expensive as hell compared to any other RAM. 🙁

I didn't really want it, but I got the 8250 (legitimately) in that crazy educational rebate deal last year and it was the only option.
I've considered swapping out the motherboard, it wouldn't be much more expensive than buying more RDRAM.
I'm too lazy, though.

That's precisely what held me back from previous 8250 deals, that damn RDRAM. Didn't it also have to be installed in equal pairs? For instance you can't just add 256 to an existing 128?

When the 8300 (or a future generation 8xxx series) is around $600 loaded then I'll jump, 'till then I have my slow poke P4 1.4

 

[pyonir]

Yes...you have to add in pairs. that is part of the problem. I had 128 total in mine. I had to have two "spacers" in the other two empty slots (four slots, only two 64 sticks of RAM). So i bought two 128mb sticks and have two 128's and two 64's in there now.

 

[GhettoFob]

Originally posted by: BigSmooth
I have an 8250, and I wish it didn't use bloody RDRAM.

 

[Lager]

Good thing I bought 4400 with DDR ram refurbished.

 

[ElFenix]

set your home page to a porn site and then call up tech support and see how long it takes for them to figure it out

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
set your home page to a porn site and then call up tech support and see how long it takes for them to figure it out

Hehehe...probably a few hours.