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From: Paul on 27 Jan 2010 10:25
JP wrote:
> Paul,
>
> Good price on the following with a rebate.........will the RAM fit?
>
> WINTEC 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel
> Kit Desktop Memory Model 3AMD1400-2GK-R

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16820161161

"Pros: Low density (16 chips of 64M X 8) means it works on most boards. HP Compaq, Dell, etc.

Cons: Not low latency"

Sounds good to me :-) It is CAS3, which is industry standard CAS latency.
Enthusiast RAM is CAS2.5 or CAS2, but you don't need that in a RAM
upgrade (it is harder to find that stuff for cheap). So enjoy your
new Wintec.

When you get it, power down (using the switch on the back of the computer),
install the RAM, then boot with a floppy with memtest86+ installed. This will
give you a good idea whether your new memory is free of the worst kind of faults.
It doesn't guarantee the RAM is perfect. You run this first, and don't boot into
Windows via the hard drive, unless this test is error free. That is to prevent
Windows from being corrupted by really bad RAM.

http://www.memtest.org/

Now, you can try booting into Windows.

If you make it this far, the next test is to run the Prime95 stress test
for up to four hours. This program will stop a test thread, on the first
error seen. This helps prove whether the memory is really good or not.
If you cannot pass this, try testing your old memory and verify whether it
passes or not. If it is just the new memory which is defective, send it back
and try again.

http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/

" Windows Vista/XP/2003/2000/NT/Me/98/95: Download p95v259.zip, version 25.9,
last updated March 15, 2009."

You unzip that, and run the Prime95 executable. When asked to "Join GIMPs",
select the "just testing" option. The program will run forever if you let
it. Stop it after four hours or so, as your check for error free performance.

The two memory tests are complementary. Each has its purpose in life,
which is why you run both of them before closing up the side of the
computer and giving it back to Grandpa. If you prepare your test
cases in advance, you can test them on the existing 768MB of RAM
you own first, to learn how to use the tools.

Paul
From: JP on 27 Jan 2010 10:41
Thanks again Paul !!


"Paul" <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote in message
news:hjplsn$uf4$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> JP wrote:
>> Paul,
>>
>> Good price on the following with a rebate.........will the RAM fit?
>>
>> WINTEC 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit
>> Desktop Memory Model 3AMD1400-2GK-R
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16820161161
>
> "Pros: Low density (16 chips of 64M X 8) means it works on most boards.
> HP Compaq, Dell, etc.
>
> Cons: Not low latency"
>
> Sounds good to me :-) It is CAS3, which is industry standard CAS latency.
> Enthusiast RAM is CAS2.5 or CAS2, but you don't need that in a RAM
> upgrade (it is harder to find that stuff for cheap). So enjoy your
> new Wintec.
>
> When you get it, power down (using the switch on the back of the
> computer),
> install the RAM, then boot with a floppy with memtest86+ installed. This
> will
> give you a good idea whether your new memory is free of the worst kind of
> faults.
> It doesn't guarantee the RAM is perfect. You run this first, and don't
> boot into
> Windows via the hard drive, unless this test is error free. That is to
> prevent
> Windows from being corrupted by really bad RAM.
>
> http://www.memtest.org/
>
> Now, you can try booting into Windows.
>
> If you make it this far, the next test is to run the Prime95 stress test
> for up to four hours. This program will stop a test thread, on the first
> error seen. This helps prove whether the memory is really good or not.
> If you cannot pass this, try testing your old memory and verify whether it
> passes or not. If it is just the new memory which is defective, send it
> back
> and try again.
>
> http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/
>
> " Windows Vista/XP/2003/2000/NT/Me/98/95: Download p95v259.zip, version
> 25.9,
> last updated March 15, 2009."
>
> You unzip that, and run the Prime95 executable. When asked to "Join
> GIMPs",
> select the "just testing" option. The program will run forever if you let
> it. Stop it after four hours or so, as your check for error free
> performance.
>
> The two memory tests are complementary. Each has its purpose in life,
> which is why you run both of them before closing up the side of the
> computer and giving it back to Grandpa. If you prepare your test
> cases in advance, you can test them on the existing 768MB of RAM
> you own first, to learn how to use the tools.
>
> Paul

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