I put a couple of gig of  DDR in my owd Intel, it doesn't work 845 chipset.

It is the same type of memory in that it is PC400 but is there likely to be 
an issue with the number of chips etc?

I would buy some from Crucial but it's about £60 which is too much as an 
upgrade for this old box.

In article , R D S
 writes

>I would buy some from Crucial but it's about £60 which is too much as an 
>upgrade for this old box. 

You paid for cheap memory, and that's what you got.

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On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:47:46 +0100
"R D S"  wrote:

> I put a couple of gig of  DDR in my owd Intel, it doesn't work 845
> chipset.
> 
> It is the same type of memory in that it is PC400 but is there likely
> to be an issue with the number of chips etc?
> 
> I would buy some from Crucial but it's about £60 which is too much as
> an upgrade for this old box. 
> 
> 
ISTR there is an issue with the cheap high-density DDR only working
with a few chipsets, none of them Intel, but ICBM.  I expect someone
who knows will be along in a bit.
Of course the good thing about Crucial is that their RAM is guaranteed
to work with your board.

"R D S"  wrote in message 
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>I put a couple of gig of  DDR in my owd Intel, it doesn't work 845 
>chipset.
>
> It is the same type of memory in that it is PC400 but is there likely 
> to be an issue with the number of chips etc?
>
> I would buy some from Crucial but it's about £60 which is too much as 
> an upgrade for this old box.

    Perhaps you might ask on uk.adverts.computer if anyone there has 
what you need?

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>
> "R D S"  wrote in message 
> news:7ihgd7F30eg4iU1@mid.individual.net...
>>I put a couple of gig of  DDR in my owd Intel, it doesn't work 845 
>>chipset.
>>
>> It is the same type of memory in that it is PC400 but is there likely to 
>> be an issue with the number of chips etc?
>>
>> I would buy some from Crucial but it's about £60 which is too much as an 
>> upgrade for this old box.
>
>    Perhaps you might ask on uk.adverts.computer if anyone there has what 
> you need?
>

I did.

"Mike Tomlinson"  wrote in message 
news:1$UObKA485wKFwH+@jasper.org.uk...
> In article , R D S
>  writes
>
>>I would buy some from Crucial but it's about £60 which is too much as an
>>upgrade for this old box.
>
> You paid for cheap memory, and that's what you got.
>
No, I (potentially) got memory that doesn't work.
I'm not complaining, I took a punt. One of the reasons I am asking is so I 
can ascertain whether it's worth putting it on ebay.
And before anyone comes back on this point I always offer a money back on 
anything I sell.

Rob Morley wrote:
> 
> ISTR there is an issue with the cheap high-density DDR only working
> with a few chipsets, none of them Intel, but ICBM.  I expect someone
> who knows will be along in a bit.

Yeah, most "high density" DDR uses x4 chips, and so does not work on any 
Intel chipset. IIRC 8-chip single-sided 1GB DIMMS do not work with 845 
chipsets either.

Buying memory on eBay is actually not that risky as long as you stick to 
auctions and major brands. The buy-it-now sellers are often trying to 
shift a pile of junk.


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In article , R D S says...
> 
> "Mike Tomlinson"  wrote in message 
> news:1$UObKA485wKFwH+@jasper.org.uk...
> > In article , R D S
> >  writes
> >
> >>I would buy some from Crucial but it's about £60 which is too much as an
> >>upgrade for this old box.
> >
> > You paid for cheap memory, and that's what you got.
> >
> No, I (potentially) got memory that doesn't work.

If its cheap generic RAM, there's no guarantee of it being compatible. 
It probably works fine just not in yours.





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"John Jordan"  wrote in message 
news:pHPwm.264535$e%2.104449@newsfe13.ams2...
> Rob Morley wrote:
>>
>> ISTR there is an issue with the cheap high-density DDR only working
>> with a few chipsets, none of them Intel, but ICBM.  I expect someone
>> who knows will be along in a bit.
>
> Yeah, most "high density" DDR uses x4 chips, and so does not work on any 
> Intel chipset. IIRC 8-chip single-sided 1GB DIMMS do not work with 845 
> chipsets either.
>
Cheers. I'll offload it on ebay then with the pertinent info included.

R D S wrote:
> I put a couple of gig of  DDR in my owd Intel, it doesn't work 845 chipset.
> 
> It is the same type of memory in that it is PC400 but is there likely to be 
> an issue with the number of chips etc?
> 
> I would buy some from Crucial but it's about £60 which is too much as an 
> upgrade for this old box. 
> 
> 

Can you not add the spec/type/model of this dodgy RAM on here - assuming 
there is an ID label of some sort? May be able to assist better that way.