Will this increase performance any?

[tomstevens26]

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: Kalvin00 Well, I bought a 256 MB stick of 133 MHz SDRAM (only $5 more than 128, COMPUSA brand). I popped out the 32 MB stick, and put in the 256 stick. Turned it on, got 2 beeps (obviously some error code, and intel doesn't list them). I put the 32 back in, it works fine. What should I do? It says guaranteed compatibility.

it might be a garunteed piece of sh1t

Way to try and help there...

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: tomstevens26

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: Kalvin00 Well, I bought a 256 MB stick of 133 MHz SDRAM (only $5 more than 128, COMPUSA brand). I popped out the 32 MB stick, and put in the 256 stick. Turned it on, got 2 beeps (obviously some error code, and intel doesn't list them). I put the 32 back in, it works fine. What should I do? It says guaranteed compatibility.

it might be a garunteed piece of sh1t

Way to try and help there...

THANKS!

 

[Kalvin00]

Parity cannot be reset...and what exactly might that mean? lol

 

[tomstevens26]

Beats me about the'parity cannot be reset.' Did you try reseating it and/or putting it in the other socket?

 

[Kalvin00]

Yes. I tried it in the same slot a couple times. but I didn't try it in the other slot. I'll call the tech support # tomorrow...

 

[Bovinicus]

I would just get a really cheap card. Something like a PCI GeForce2 MX would be plenty to be coupled with a slow CPU like a 500 Celeron.

 

[Kalvin00]

Well, I figured out that the memory is fried. Apparently when I took it out of the package I hadn't grounded myself, and it fried it.

 

[tomstevens26]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Well, I figured out that the memory is fried. Apparently when I took it out of the package I hadn't grounded myself, and it fried it.

Now don't go blaming it all on yourself... 🙂 Perhaps it was fried when you got it. Do you have the option of replacing it where you bought it?

 

[Kalvin00]

Yeah, it has the no-questions return thing.

 

[tomstevens26]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Yeah, it has the no-questions return thing.

This time, bring it home, open your computer, touch the chasis, THEN take the RAM out of the bag/box/whatever, trying not to touch the actual chips. If you don't already do it, my recommendation is to frequently touch the chasis of the computer as you work on it. This will help ground yourself and send any static harmlessly through that metal, rather than the components. Also, try to minimize your movements as you work inside the computer. Doing that should really reduce the possibility of you damaging anything. Just some friendly advice 🙂

 

[Kalvin00]

Yeah. I guess i'll try it again...don't know when i'll get to take it back though, COMPUSA is an hour drive away, heh.