[TAG] segmentation fault

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 10:01:32AM -0700, Mike Orr wrote:
> Memory is a pain because there's so many subtle incompatibilities 
> between the speed/type of memory and the motherboard's capacity.  So you 
> have to take the existing memory chip or motherboard manual to the shop, 
> to make sure you get the identical kind.  Look for places with a 
> lifetime warranty on memory; that way, in a predicament like your 
> current one, you can get it replaced for free.  Memory is like forty 
> bucks for 512 MB, so it's no big deal anymore.  Unless you have some 
> ultra-old type that isn't made anymore.  In that case you could go 
> through the bins of $1 used memory at a PC recycling shop (RE-PC, etc), 
> but with the subtle incompatibilities, it's much easier to just get a 
> new motherboard and memory.

The generalization of which is: perform your cost benefit analyses,
however informal, very carefully, and know what you're *really* trying
to do: fix problems?  Or learn?

Cheers,
-- jra
-- 
Jay R. Ashworth                                                jra at baylink.com
Designer                          Baylink                             RFC 2100
Ashworth & Associates        The Things I Think                        '87 e24
St Petersburg FL USA      http://baylink.pitas.com             +1 727 647 1274

	"NPR has a lot in common with Nascar... we both turn to the left."
		- Peter Sagal, on Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me!