What to do with redundant memory?

[speckytecky]

I'm currently upgrading the memory on 11 Dell Lattitude 510 notebooks which will leave me with several redundant 256MB PC2-320S333 modules. Short of putting them up on something like e-bay I'm at a loss what to do with them.

My thinking is it's a pity there isn't some sort of memory caddy available (or is there) that I could add some to and use it to boost memory on a workstation or two?

[Jona]

Are none of your other machines short on RAM and have spare (compatiable) RAM slots?

[speckytecky]

Sadly no Jona, the memory is from notebooks.

[contink]

I've hung on to quite a lot of PC133 RAM from our old machines (since disposed of) and it's been invaluable in things like smoothwall boxes or test systems...

 

Had a few requests for sticks on here too so if you're looking for homes someone is bound to have one to offer.

[Jona]

Sadly no Jona, the memory is from notebooks.

Sorry my bad, wasn't reading closely enough. I suppose the next question is got any laptops with spare slots....

[plexer]

converters available for use in testers so probably not a cheap way of using that ram in a desktop.

 

http://www.memorytesters.com/ramcheck/rc200conv.htm

 

Ben

[plexer]

hmm just found a price for that £250

 

Ben

[srochford]

My thinking is it's a pity there isn't some sort of memory caddy available (or is there) that I could add some to and use it to boost memory on a workstation or two?

 

Many years ago (when memory came as 30 pin SIMMs) you could buy devices which allowed you to plug about 4 small SIMMs into one device so that you could re-use all your small memory SIMMs.

 

I did have one but it wasn't very good (and it took up loads of space) - I think the idea died a death when memory stopped being > £100 per Mb!

[OutToLunch]

Nerd dominoes? "4x64mb, I win!"

 

Other than that, feel free to post it to me for best suggestion of the thread

[TornUp]

edging on a picture frame? door stops? ummmm prop for a keyboard where some little kid has pinched one of its feet?

 

umm useless idea's?

 

thought so..

[FN-GM]

I have 5 x 512mb DDR2 for laptops that i don't need. If anyone is interested give me a PM. If not they might be for the bin.

[TornUp]

I have 5 x 512mb DDR2 for laptops that i don't need. If anyone is interested give me a PM. If not they might be for the bin.

 

if you don't get any PM's then i will have em off ur hands. just want somone who needs em more then me to have the oppitunity first.

[john]

Yup there useful for me as well for laptop upgrades assuming there working okai

[strawberry]

did this go? *scroungey scroungy*

[FN-GM]

Yer all the memory is done.

 

Z

[jcollings]

So that's what they mean by memory dump!

[contink]

Still got some PC133 of unknown stability if folks need any... 128mb and 256mb sticks IIRC

[OutToLunch]

256mb sticks would still be handy for our older machines here - take them all up to 512mb... We're only on Win2K so 256mb isn't as bad as it sounds, but 512mb would nice!

[Mr_Jones]

We save all bits like this. You never know when it'll come in handy. Often if RAM has failed or a HD is on it's way out, we've used it to keep things rolling along until we can get the parts needed. Once or twice we've left it as it is, and things have worked fine.

[SimpleSi]

@contink

 

I'd love to have some PC133 256Mb sticks - I ordered some 512MBs to find out the machines (old DELLs) won't take anything bigger than 256MB.

 

I'm after 5 and I can swap them for 3x512MB PC133 instead.

 

Are you up for a swap?

 

regards

 

Simon