[nylug-talk] OT: RAM compatibility

[H. G.]

On 4/13/08, Sunny Dubey <sunny at opencurve.org> wrote:
>
> Hello ladies!
>
> So a friend of mine has a computer that needs PC2100 RAM.  Googling and
> using Crucial's "Memory Selector" (TM)(R)(SM)(ETC) suggested that PC2700
> RAM was backwards compatible with PC2100, and that it would work fine.
>
> So earlier yesterday we got PC2700 RAM that matched the technical details
> of her existing RAM (Unbuffered, non-ecc, CL 2.5), popped it into her
> computer ...... and her computer didn't show the RAM any love at all.  It
> just beeped on power up.
>
> So the question is ... is it possible the computer simply doesn't like the
> faster RAM ? Or is non-compatibility not possible, and its something
> else ?
>
> Cool beans,
>
> --
> Sunny Dubey
>
>   mail:  sunny at audiowiki.org
>   tele:  212.333.3542


Let me guess... this is a Dell box.