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parrothead Had a fun, profitable and... 01-29-2012, 04:06 PM
parrothead Do I seriously need one of... 01-29-2012, 04:08 PM
parrothead How about this software disk?... 01-29-2012, 04:11 PM
drozenski Ummm this software is free to... 01-29-2012, 05:13 PM
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parrothead Anyone know why the DDR sells... 01-29-2012, 04:20 PM
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parrothead Why thank you very much! I... 01-29-2012, 05:29 PM
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    Had a fun, profitable and knowledge increasing day.

    I have been getting ready to send off my RAM and will probably do so in the next day or so. After reading a discussion on here this morning, I decided to look through it and sort out everything 512 or larger. I had a small handfull. I got ahold of a kid that does repairs and sells refurbs and went and met with him. He actually told me anything 128 or higher he wanted so I grabbed my 6 1/2 pounds and went to see him.

    I was not looking to make a killing as I was going to get schooled a little bit on RAM. I told him I wanted a buck a stick or trade an older or burned up model and I would be happy. We ended up with $1 regular stick, 50 cents for laptop sized and $2 for server memory.

    We spent almost 2 hours testing RAM and in the process used 5 different machines to test the various types. We needed a 6th type, but he could not find it.

    We swapped a good bit of RAM and I ended up letting him have about a pound and a quarter for what ended up being $40 and a couple motherboards.

    We were both very happy with the deal. I had a little extra cash in my pocket and he upgraded his entire supply of RAM and doubled it for a great price.

    I get home and wifey needs to go somewhere. I asked her to let me check e-mails and such real quick. Sure glad I did. 10 minutes sooner a lady had posted on Craig's list wanting to get rid of 3 computers for free. I called her and they were mine. We went and grabbed them along with a few other items she had all for free and we were off again.

    Wifey had to stop at work to sign something and while she was in there I jumped out and tore into all of the computers just to get a glimsp.

    I found these bad boys. Gskill 1 gig DDR Looks like a 40 dollar bill on E-bay maybe.


    The system fired up fine when I got home, but the darned thing has UBUNTU running on it.



    Now I need to school myself more on the RAM types and be able to test them all. Gained a little knowledge on it here today and it will be my little project for the time being. I will share all that I learn.

    Thanks for reading.

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