Post by TranceRolin on Dec 4, 2002 19:15:07 GMT -5
Uhhuh. Tonight is one of the last nights of Chanukka. Practically all that I've gotten is my brother's roommate's Devil May Cry, from my brother of course. ;D
Anywho . . . So I come home from basketball practice, and find a gift; A RAM upgrade. WOOHOO!, I thought.
When I opened the package, I noticed something odd . . . There were four . . . Yes, count em, FOUR of those little security devices on the package . . . Yes, this is odd.
Normally, there is one. Even then, I would think that this is a moronic thing to do . . . Putting a magnet on a computer chip, which essentially has the potential to fry it.
Two on the inside, two on the outside.
So I take the chip out of the package, examine the devices to make sure that they're those little security magnets, and install the RAM.
After having a bit of trouble with my monitor *shakes fist at monitor* , I finally got my computer up.
This is what showed when I checked on my system information:
RAM: 255Mb
Now . . . I already had a 256Mb chip in there. And I had just added another one, an upgrade from my 128Mb chip.
I restarted.
RAM: 255Mb
Now, I tested the original chip alone; It was fine. Then, I tested the new chip - My computer spat a bunch of errors at me.
I called tech support . . . And their guess? That the chip was fried by the security devices . . . Which was exactly what I was thinking about.
So . . . When the computer stores say that they have personel that know what they're doing . . . Do you believe them, or believe that they're morons?
Anywho . . . So I come home from basketball practice, and find a gift; A RAM upgrade. WOOHOO!, I thought.
When I opened the package, I noticed something odd . . . There were four . . . Yes, count em, FOUR of those little security devices on the package . . . Yes, this is odd.
Normally, there is one. Even then, I would think that this is a moronic thing to do . . . Putting a magnet on a computer chip, which essentially has the potential to fry it.
Two on the inside, two on the outside.
So I take the chip out of the package, examine the devices to make sure that they're those little security magnets, and install the RAM.
After having a bit of trouble with my monitor *shakes fist at monitor* , I finally got my computer up.
This is what showed when I checked on my system information:
RAM: 255Mb
Now . . . I already had a 256Mb chip in there. And I had just added another one, an upgrade from my 128Mb chip.
I restarted.
RAM: 255Mb
Now, I tested the original chip alone; It was fine. Then, I tested the new chip - My computer spat a bunch of errors at me.
I called tech support . . . And their guess? That the chip was fried by the security devices . . . Which was exactly what I was thinking about.
So . . . When the computer stores say that they have personel that know what they're doing . . . Do you believe them, or believe that they're morons?
