My #1 choice for memory is Crucial. One messup so far in 9+ years of ordering from them, and zero failures on the ram itself.
PNY seems to be half junk. I really try to steer friends away from them, after the 4th or 5th problem with them. --STeve Andre' On Sunday 22 February 2009 17:13:14 Andre' Blanchard wrote: > Thanks so much for the feeback. To that end could you elaborate, perhaps, > with a ranking (highest to lowest) of your (memory) 'recommendations, base > on distributor/manufacturer choices? I will then stash that away for > 'future reference'. > > Andre' > > -----Original Message----- > From: RayBay [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 2:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; Lewis Bailey; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram > > 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] <mailto:[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]> > [mailto: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ]On > Behalf Of Donald MacQueen > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:28 AM > To: Lewis Bailey > Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[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 <http://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
