Strange question: photocopying memory sticks

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flxnimprtmscl

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Jan 30, 2003
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Ok, so if you had a stick of memory in it's static bag how smart would it be to take a photocopy of it?

Before the flames come the reason I ask is because I just submited my rma for two sticks of twinmos/winbond PC 3200 that have given me nothing but problems and when I go to toss my invoice in I notice a photocopy of both my memory sticks stapled to the back of it. I may be a newb but that doesn't seem incredibly wise. So, could that have caused any of my problems?
 
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ViRGE

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If it's in a static bag, it's harmless. These are sticks of memory, the only thing that's going to damage them is a pretty hefty force, or static electricity, of which a photocopier generates neither.
 
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DaveSimmons

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photocopiers and scanners just shine a light on what they are scanning, they don't use x-rays or microwaves. So unless the preson doing the photocopy smashed the lid down and crushed the sticks into powder, photocopying would not hurt them.

Some sticks are defective from the factory, you can run a program like memtest or docmem (www.simtester.com) to check yours.
 
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flxnimprtmscl

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Eh, memtest is just stating the obvious with these. One stick causes random reboots under prime torture test. The other wont post. Although when I did get memtest to run without locking I got 41 errors one one cycle
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sharkeeper

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I wonder if it would work with a LCD.

I have a 22" Iiyama that weighs 80#. There's no way I'm putting that on a $60k copier!

Cheers!
 
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