I'm quite fluent with computers, but this is stumping me. (I've built 3 of my own machines, I fix a lot of them, that's my hobby on my spare time).
Ok, my dad bought me this chip of memory a couple of weeks ago (used) and gave it to me to put into one of my computers.
I can read that it says "PC100", and "256" (which I'm assuming is 256MB) on the small sticker, but it's a bit odd as it looks like there are 2 128MB sticks soldered together to make only one, which is something I've never seen before. On the small chips they say "Infineon", I'm assuming that this is the manufacturer of it.
I tried to put this into regular desktop computers that take PC100 memory, but upon booting, they beep and error out.
Could this be server memory ? I do have a server that takes PC100 memory, but it's a hassle right now for me to dig it out of its corner, put it in, and see what it does. My server takes PC100 memory that has ECC (Error-Correcting-Code), is that why this chip won't work in regular desktop PC's that don't require ECC ?
I've taken this picture of this chip of memory for readers to get a better idea on to tell me what this is --
(Please take notice of the 2 layers of this chip).
And this is an image I found online awhile ago and saved, thinking this is the same sort of thing --
Does anyone have an idea what this might be for ? Thanks in advance to all.
- Mike.
Ok, my dad bought me this chip of memory a couple of weeks ago (used) and gave it to me to put into one of my computers.
I can read that it says "PC100", and "256" (which I'm assuming is 256MB) on the small sticker, but it's a bit odd as it looks like there are 2 128MB sticks soldered together to make only one, which is something I've never seen before. On the small chips they say "Infineon", I'm assuming that this is the manufacturer of it.
I tried to put this into regular desktop computers that take PC100 memory, but upon booting, they beep and error out.
Could this be server memory ? I do have a server that takes PC100 memory, but it's a hassle right now for me to dig it out of its corner, put it in, and see what it does. My server takes PC100 memory that has ECC (Error-Correcting-Code), is that why this chip won't work in regular desktop PC's that don't require ECC ?
I've taken this picture of this chip of memory for readers to get a better idea on to tell me what this is --
(Please take notice of the 2 layers of this chip).
And this is an image I found online awhile ago and saved, thinking this is the same sort of thing --
Does anyone have an idea what this might be for ? Thanks in advance to all.
- Mike.
