"Nick" wrote in message
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new 256 DDR only costs £35!
ONLY £35! Where do you shop for memory, Harrods? You're not one of those
Corsair snobs are you?
The operative word is 'salvage' as I wanted to use this stick in a machine
I'm building from second-hand or nearly new parts.
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Nick
"Li'l ol' me" wrote in message
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I've just bought a bundle of new memory with a stick of used Samsung
PC2100
(256mb) thrown in there too.
It looked in good nick until I noticed that 2 of the gold pins on one
side
had either been blacked out deliberately or had burnt out. I suspect
the
latter, as the tiny little gold circles (whatever they are) are also
'burnt'.
I know NOTHING about electrics, but I did vaguely recall reading of
conductive paint or some such. Is this an option or is my chip a lost
cause? I heard that memory often comes with a lifetime warranty, but
can
find no memory specific stuff on Samsung's site, and I have no proof of
purchase anyway.
Even if it SEEMED to be working, I'd still give it a good bashing with
Memtest to make sure it REALLY worked.
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