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- From: catfood@wariat.org (Mark W. Schumann)
- Subject: Re: help me identify my RAM type
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.162353.23502@wariat.org>
- Organization: Akademia Pana Kleksa, Publi Access UNI* Site
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- jorichar@csws19.ic.sunysb.edu (Joel Richard) asks how to determine
- what kind of RAM he needs for his computer; then <atzeiner@iastate.edu>
- replies:
-
- >If they are on their own removable mini boards, what do the connections
- >to the motherboard look like? How many chips are there on each little card?
- >If there are 9 and the connections are similar to that of your expansion
- >cards (though on a smaller scale) then those are most likely SIMMs. If
- >there are fewer than 9 chips and the connections are like little wires
- >that extend out of the card, then you probably have SIPs (less common
- >than SIMMs).
-
- A hint from my experience: Look at the RAM in its factory packaging
- before attempting to install. Compare it to the look of your
- existing RAM. If they don't match, don't open the package, since
- some distributors are picky about accepting returns of opened RAM
- packages.
-
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