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To: PMS Witch who wrote (6839)	11/14/1999 10:45:00 PM
From: george wood	Respond to of 110631

Spending $25 isn't a bad idea. I've installed ram for others on several occasions without incident. A few weeks ago I was adding ram to my system and blew the motherboard. still have no idea how I did that. The ram tests out ok still. Got a new computer and I'm preparing to cannibalize a friends old computer and my old computer to make a whole one for my son. gw

To: PMS Witch who wrote (6839)	11/14/1999 10:47:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

PW, I installed my own memory - I just mentioned that Tomato might want to spend the $25 to have it done. You're right, this is not a good way to save $25. It may depend on the vintage of the computer whether the new RAM is detected or not. My PC is a recent eMachine and detection happened behind the scenes, not even a window saying it was detected popped up. Also I believe the RAM card was called a DIMM. It popped in much easier than the SIMM I installed years ago on a 486 type PC. And, the plastic hold-downs actually hinge [instead of just bend as on the old PC]. Gottfried