[Ham-Computers] Re: DIMM vs UDIMM - Essentially The Same?

[kd4e]

Thanks!

I did have two different brands of ram in there for at
least a couple of years - now this one is behaving badly.

More of the story ...

Bad RAM interacting with a full HDD and perhaps confusing
the IDE I/O - appears to be the cause of trashing the
Superblock on my HDD.

The process of trying to recover the HDD - not knowing
that the RAM and I/O were variables - resulted in loss of
the partition information, rendering the HDD inaccessible.

I have installed another HDD and will buy a matched set
of RAM, probably two 512's instead of two 256's.

Meanwhile I am hoping that one of the discount data
recovery companies is legitimate because there are some
irreplaceable family pictures on that HDD and the budget
doesn't allow for $1,000+ but I may be able to sell some
radio stuff and raie $300.

Anyone familiar with these two companies - or could you
recommend a reasonably priced trustworthy alternative?

http://www.floridadatacorp.com
http://www.aerodr.com/services.asp

> Are you going to "add" one of these to a system in order to "upgrade"
> the RAM?  If so, all the normal "caveats" (or "gotchas") apply when
> mixing RAM modules - "different" modules may or may not work with
> each other; it's best to "match" modules, at least in "pairs".
> 
> 73, - Aaron, NN6O


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