Re: [PLUG] memory (was ¨update strategies/partition issue¨)

[Paul <gyoza@comcast.net>]

Art Alexion wrote:

> OK. Looks like the ¨m¨ in Deskpro EXm stands for ¨micro-tower¨.  The 
> recommended memory according to the site is
>
>    133MHz Non-ECC SDRAM DIMM
>
> What I got from Crucial is
>
>    256MB 168-pin DIMM 32Mx64 SDRAM UNBUFF
>
> Is ¨Non-ECC¨ the same as ¨UNBUFF¨?
No, but it doesn't matter.  See if you can borrow a PC66 module for a 
test.  I bet it will work.

> Compaq refused to answer my question regarding the BIOS update 
> incompatibility problem as my warranty expired in Feb.  Smells bad to 
> me.  This is the first Compaq I have owned.  Nothing but compatibility 
> problems.  Other purchases have either been built-in-store or 
> Gateway.  Gateway -- if I asked -- would still answer questions on a 
> 1992 model 486 -- but I don't ask because it never has problems -- 
> unlike the Compaq.

My usual opinion is that Compaq sucks.
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