[nylug-talk] basic question about memory

[Kenneth Dombrowski]

On 03-05-20 14:38 -0400, Sunny Dubey wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 May 2003 02:17 pm, Kenneth Dombrowski wrote:
> 
> > My laptop though, is a Sony Vaio PCG-FX370K. I looked at sonymemory.com,
> > memorysuppliers.com & a few others and they all suggest a 16-chip 133MHz
> > (umm.. stick?):
> 
> When in doubt, use curcial.com.  You don't have to buy RAM from them, but you 
> sure can use their tool to figure out what RAM you need.
> 
> Using crucial.com .... I plugged in your laptop and got ...
> 
> 144-pin SODIMM modules
> *  SDRAM, PC100 * CL=2 * Non-parity *
> 

Thanks again, Sunny, 

That site says:

  It may seem confusing, but faster memory will NOT necessarily make 
  your system faster. Your computer will only run as fast as the 
  "slowest link" in your system, so you can't speed up your computer by 
  adding faster memory. The way to make your system faster is to add 
  more megabytes (MB) of memory.

which I'm interpreting to mean it's not necessarily harmful to put
memory of different speeds into your computer, but that all the memory
will work at the lowest common denominator

Maybe the current price difference is more an indication of both why
that's what I got when I upgraded it & why it died after only 1.5 yrs

my dead 100MHz 256MB Micron RAM (I'm about 95% sure): 
http://www.memorysuppliers.com/mic25pc144pi.html
$45

crucial's 100MHz 256MB recommendation: (part CT235864)
$108

though memorysupplier's selection process actually recommended the $80
133MHz 256MB http://www.memorysuppliers.com/kin25pc144pi1.html

I can't actually afford any of it right now anyway. I just wanted to
find out how much I should worry about it.