Proof, once again, that the best buy is never at best buy... PNY is low end memory, as well.
RayBay ________ You can be young without money but you can't be old without it. .. ... .... ..... ...... Tennessee Williams On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Andre' Blanchard < [email protected]> wrote: > Wow! What a coincidence! > > My longtime friend dropped off his Thinkcentre with me (808533U) because of > a bad smell followed by a dead computer. Well after spending $29 dollars > to > a salvager for the replacement L-shaped supply (230W for a Pentium 4 3.2 > processor based machine?, Come on IBM!: Christmas gift from this guy's > daughter, paid over $2000 in 2005 dollars, but that's another story), I was > immediately shocked to find this 'gem' with only 256mb DDR PC 3200 ram > (Samsung PC3200U CL3 IBM FRU 73P2683). Since I was working this for a > quick > turnaround, I was off to the local chains: End result: PNY MD1024SD1-400 > for $108 at Staples). Had a chance to get some EDGE memory for $79, but > the > savings and time to get it was not 'worth' it. Also I think I maxxed out > this machine in spite of the 4 slot configuration (i.e. 2 gig is the stated > MB max). > > OH and JIC: Best Buy had a chance to price match for a store that was less > than 2 miles away (they did not!, but again another story, i.e. they wanted > $64 each for the PNY stuff). > > HTH. > > Andre' > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on > Behalf Of Donald MacQueen > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:28 AM > To: Lewis Bailey > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram > > Lewis Bailey wrote: > > Howdy All, > > I enjoy the list and have learned much from all you folks. > > I am using an X61 laptop and desktop to run some software. > > I have bought a refurbed ThinkCentre M-51 and need more ram to run some > > scanning programs. > > > I had a similar problem but I could afford to wait, so I went to > dealnews.com and signed up for an email alert on the memory I wanted, > and eventually found some for much less than Crucial wanted. > > You can also cruise ebay but it is more difficult to know that you are > getting the right stuff. > > Hth, > > Donald > > > Here is what I know about the IBM machine. > > It has two sticks of 512 and two empty slots. > > XP pro OS--Model MT-M 8143-DE1 serial number LPFDRW5 > > 3.4 CPU. > > Crucial wants $89.90 for two 1GB (2x1GB) sticks. DDR PC3200 . CL=3 . > > Unbuffered . NON-ECC . DDR400 . 2.6V . 128Meg x 64 > > Does anyone have some to sale or point me to a better deal? > > Many thanks, Lewis Bailey > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thinkpad mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
