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- From: catfood@wariat.org (Mark W. Schumann)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Dell SIMM != standard SIMM?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.052447.4027@wariat.org>
- Date: 12 Sep 92 05:24:47 GMT
- References: <1992Sep10.191152.14099@wariat.org> <18od5aINNr2c@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Organization: Akademia Pana Kleksa, Publi Access UNI* Site
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- Hey, looky here; I sent world distribution and my answer comes
- from the East Side of Cleveland! Anyway, dab6@po.CWRU.Edu
- (Douglas A. Bell) writes:
- >In a previous article, catfood@wariat.org (Mark W. Schumann) says:
- >>I have a Dell 325P with 2M RAM as shipped. I want to add 2M now.
- >>The "generic" SIMMs I got from a mail-order house don't seem to fit
- >>the motherboard slots for SIMMs, nor do they look like the factory-
- >>installed SIMMs.
- >>
- >>Sketch of Dell-installed SIMM:
- >>[omitted]
- >72 pin simm
- >
- >>Sketch of mail-order generic SIMM:
- >>[omitted]
- >36 pin simm
-
- I guess that's my answer. Thanks!
-
- Now are these the same 72-pin SIMMs as are used in those awful
- PS-half machines? And does that mean you can mix 'n match between
- Dell and IBM? Sounds uncivilized to me....
-
- The happy ending to the story, though, is that my 36-pin SIMMs
- will be reused by my employer in a Gateway clone. The 72-pin
- SIMM from Dell is actually about ten bucks _cheaper_ than its
- 36-pin counterpart.
-
- --
- Mark W. Schumann/3111 Mapledale Avenue/Cleveland, Ohio 44109-2447 USA
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- "Aren't you glad you didn't marry someone dumber than you?" --my wife
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