Re: Memory again

On Tue, 12 May 2009 18:42:22 -0400, Hipupchuck rearranged some electrons
to say:

Paul wrote:
Hipupchuck wrote:
spodosaurus wrote:
Hipupchuck wrote:
Why don't my MB recognize this memory? MDD333-128X72R MEMORY PC2700
(333MHZ BUS) 1024MB ECC REGISTERED DDR 128X72

It calls for ddr, this is ddr.

It's also ECC - that's not what you want, and your motherboard won't
recognise it unless it specifically supports ECC (most server boards
do, most desktop boards don't).


Why can't they make a motherboard that takes ANY memory by a bios
setting for it?

There are some motherboards, that use either unbuffered or registered
RAM. There were several desktop chipsets that did, so it has happened
in the past. It costs extra engineering time and money, to do stuff
like that.

But for the majority of chipsets, supporting one type of RAM is all you
get.

Seeing as you are interested in 1GB unbuffered DDR memory, don't buy
that memory from Ebay. A lot of the sellers used to sell "high density"
memory at that capacity point. It cannot be used in all motherboards,
and there is a list of chipsets where it may work. Intel chipsets for
example, don't like the stuff.

There is a stick of PC3200 CAS3 here for $32. That is about the
cheapest they've got right now. If you read the reviews for this
product, the buyers have noticed a change in the quality. With any
product, they can change sources of chips or where they buy the sticks
from a contractor, so the quality can change at any time. The most
recent reviews carry the most weight, in terms of quality issues.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16820161626

Paul
Seems like it would take less engineering, time and money to make the
same kind of memory for everything and all computers use the same
memory.

Wrong. Adding components or functions to a motherboard costs money.
Besides, casual users don't want to pay extra for ECC memory.

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