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Anyone here have in-depth knowledge of this....as it relates to motherboard compatibility?
I had never run into this issue until yesterday when I received my RAM upgrade from Newegg. Since then I have been reading extensively and have found that there is much confusion and misinformation out there about this.
I have learned that the question of low vs. high density is critical to memory selection for older motherboards and yet none of the vendors that I know of includes this information in their product descriptions.
Anyone dealt with this before? If so, I'll fill in more detail. Thanks.
Anyone here have in-depth knowledge of this....as it relates to motherboard compatibility?
I had never run into this issue until yesterday when I received my RAM upgrade from Newegg. Since then I have been reading extensively and have found that there is much confusion and misinformation out there about this.
I have learned that the question of low vs. high density is critical to memory selection for older motherboards and yet none of the vendors that I know of includes this information in their product descriptions.
Anyone dealt with this before? If so, I'll fill in more detail. Thanks.
I've gotten tired off matching motherboards to memory and just buy the memory based on memory manufacturer's website to match with factory complete built systems.
I've gotten tired off matching motherboards to memory and just buy the memory based on memory manufacturer's website to match with factory complete built systems.
I had never run into this "density" issue before, though I've built several systems over the years. So, when the correctly speced memory (ddr2 PC2-4200), which is what I've used for 9 years in a smaller RAM capacity, was detected at half, I began to learn all about it.
My plan B was going to the manufacturer's website to use their memory finder tools and, of course, my motherboard was not among the hundreds listed. Plan C was a phone call where I lucked out getting a wonderfully helpful woman who put me on hold, looked up my motherboard specs, and pointed me to exactly what I needed.
If you're having RAM density issues with your mobo it may be time to upgrade. Come on brother... ditch that XP box already.
(/teasing ya/...)
Perhaps the only thing we will ever agree on is that Crucial is the way to go. They were as impressive and helpful as Corsair was infuriating and useless.
I had to go with DDR400 to get the low-density RAM that the chipset in my motherboard needs as they had no more stock in low-density DDR2. Fortunately my motherboard has slots for both and will accept either, as long as the two types are not installed together. The marginal difference in speed between DDR and DDR2 will be dwarfed by the difference made by going from 512MB to 2GB.
As to replacing my XP box? There's less chance of that every day. I don't like what Microsoft has done since XP and I like the direction they're heading in the future even less.
Everything I run runs betters in XP. I would be a fool to cough up more dough to downgrade.
Got my memory today, installed it, system recognized 2048k as anticipated. I can already see the huge difference in system performance.
I just wrote Crucial a thank you note, and I can't say enough about their outstanding service and product. I honestly don't remember the last time I dealt with a company that went the extra mile to show that they actually cared about me as a customer and took the time to do what it takes to earn my business. Rare indeed in 2015.
They now have a customer for life and I highly recommend them to anyone needing help with memory.
Great customer service, website is easy to use, the memory scanner and let's not even mention the LIFETIME guarantee. Which I have used once. Memory was 2 years old and I had no proof of purchase. Not a problem, no questions asked, they just replaced it.
Great customer service, website is easy to use, the memory scanner and let's not even mention the LIFETIME guarantee. Which I have used once. Memory was 2 years old and I had no proof of purchase. Not a problem, no questions asked, they just replaced it.
That's extraordinary.
And I don't think that their being based in Idaho is just coincidence with our favorable experiences. There is a night and day cultural difference between the people of Boise and here - or most other large metros, for that matter. Great people up there and I've had my eye on Idaho as a retirement option for many years.
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