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A ram adapter?
Name: Ghostly21 Date: November 5, 2004 at 10:00:39 Pacific OS: Windows 98 SE CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon +2400 128mgs
Comment:
I just have a quick curious question. Is there an adapter that would convert a 168 ram into a 184 pin ram? The reason I'm asking is cause I have ram in an old PC thats not even being used and probably wont ever be again and I wanted to see if I can use the ram in it on the new pc.
Name: Kailas Date: November 5, 2004 at 10:06:13 Pacific
Reply:
No.
Good Luck and Happy Computing, Kailas Shastry,
Athlon 2000XP + MSI KT266VM DDR 256MB
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Response Number 2
Name: Doug W (by Doug Wright) Date: November 5, 2004 at 10:45:02 Pacific
Reply:
The only RAM adaptors I have seen converted 30 pin simms to 72 pin.
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Response Number 3
Name: Ghostly21 Date: November 5, 2004 at 11:14:51 Pacific
Reply:
That stinks.. you would think it would be possible.. Oh well thanks anyway guys :)
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Response Number 4
Name: jam Date: November 5, 2004 at 15:56:10 Pacific
Reply:
"you would think it would be possible"
uh, 168-pin is single data rate...184-pin is double data rate.
If you wanna use the 168-pin RAM, buy a board that supports it.
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Response Number 5
Name: Ghostly21 Date: November 5, 2004 at 15:59:38 Pacific
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Uhh.. whats with the attitude? I just said you wouuld think so.. sheesh :|.. As for getting a board that supports it that kind of defeats the purpose of asking the question..
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Response Number 6
Name: Ghostly21 Date: November 5, 2004 at 16:40:34 Pacific
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Sorry that was rude of me.. Guess ive had a bad day.. do accept my apologies
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Response Number 7
Name: wizard-fred Date: November 5, 2004 at 23:54:21 Pacific
Reply:
They could probably make an adapter but then it would be probably too big. If you ever saw a full set of 30 to 72 adapters you would understand (4 adapters left/right/up/down).
To convert 168 to 184 you would probably need added logic and address chips.
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Response Number 8
Name: Michael D Date: November 6, 2004 at 09:30:50 Pacific
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"you would think it would be possible"
Of cause it is, its common knowledge that the "older" type of ram costs more to buy these days then DDR ram, so i dont think you would have a problem selling it.... and Jam should lighten up with his terse comments, after all his pc spec's he insists on quoting, (ad nauseam) are nothing to get a hardon about....
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