This is an awesome story, Mike. Sometimes, you ask and the universe provides.
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 11:28 AM Mike Kallies via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > > Update to the story of the weird RAM. > > Shortly after Lennart posted this, I hit eBay "one last time" and saw > some guy selling 4x8G sticks of the exact Kingston memory out of Quebec > for $35/stick (+shipping and HST). He had only listed them a few hours > earlier and there was already an "offer" on it. > > I hit "buy it now", it arrived and has been running stable with the RAM > for the past couple days. Thanks for the advice. Less stuff in the > landfill. > > I swear I've been watching ebay on and off for months on this. They > might pop up and disappear very quickly. > > > > > On 2019-03-07 1:03 p.m., Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 06, 2019 at 04:33:41PM -0500, Mike Kallies via talk wrote: > >> Here's a fun message: > >> > >> "Crucial currently does not have any compatible upgrades available for > your > >> particular system" > > > > Yeah I checked there and I had never ever seen that message before. > > Wow that is weird ram. > > > > I guess the kingston ram mentioned on the link you had would be the > > safest bet. > > > >> eBay seems to run about $90/module... which, for used, shaky warranty > RAM on > >> an older machine, at roughly double the price of modern non-ECC DDR4, > really > >> gives me pause for thought. > >> > >> It's close though I guess and I really don't have time to mess around > with > >> new machines. > >> > >> Thanks for the tips, the Crucial thing is useful for some other > projects. > > > > -- > Mike Kallies > [email protected] > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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