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04-09-2003, 03:47 AM
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just a tech
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stupid mistake
Man, I blew it. I went to add some RAM to my girlfriends computer, and I looked at it but not real close, wish I would of. Anyway, it's 168pin, so I go and buy a stick of 128MB PNY PC 133 memory, but when I go to put it in, yep you guessed it, it didnt fit.
   Her computer is kind of old and it takes those 168pin memory strips that are not PC133/PC100/PC66, like I said they are 168pin, but the notches are off by just a little bit, so little that if you didnt know better you would maybe try and force it in there. How is Best Buy about giving a refund for memory that has been opened? I'll find out soon enough cause I'm going to try and return it in the morning. I would use it for my own system but I have allready filled up all my memory slots and have no place to put it. Live and learn, but somehow I think maybe I have made this mistake before, but because I was probably able to take it back, I dont remember making it. 
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04-09-2003, 05:04 PM
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I dont know if best buy will take it back honestly. But as for the fitting problem, I think you need to check it again and make sure you cant really just force it in. Memory requires you to force it basically. Sometimes i have to take a break while fitting memory. Try rocking back and forth like fifty times, no joke.
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04-09-2003, 05:06 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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It could be 168 pin EDO memory.
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04-09-2003, 05:06 PM
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What board does she have? Go to Crucial.com and they will tell you exactly what ram is compatible with it.
Don't be too hard on yourself, we all make mistakes.
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04-09-2003, 08:59 PM
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just a tech
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I think Cricket is right, cause if you take out a stick thats in it and line it up with the PC133 the notches are off by just a bit. The computer is a powermac 8500, but I have seen the same thing on older PC's back in the early socket 7 days.
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04-10-2003, 03:43 AM
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just a tech
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Cricket, I think you mean 168 pin. I have seen the apple site with the specs for this machine many times, all it says for the memory is:
Memory RAM Slots: 8, 168-pin DIMM Min - Max RAM: 16 MB - 512 MB Min RAM Speed: 70 RAM Sizes: 8, 16, 32, 64 MB Install in Groups of: 1 Notes: 128MB DIMMs can be used, but have not been tested thats it |
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04-10-2003, 05:52 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Have you looked at that website I provided the link to? It mentions 168 pin FPM or EDO RAM for the PowerMac 8500...that's totally different from SDRAM. Cricket
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