using a Laptop 200pin SO-DIMM on a Desktop computer?

Clinton Waterbury cl9ton at gmail.com
Wed Aug 7 19:05:18 UTC 2013


Yeah, that doesn't seem to make to much sence to me.On 08/07/2013 10:27 
AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 7 August 2013 08:21, Patrick Asselman <iceblink at seti.nl> wrote:
>> You are seriously going to risk buying something on Ebay that
>> * costs money
>> * may never arrive
>> * may not work at all
>> * may not create a workable PC
>> * will be difficult to get your money back if it doesnt work
>> in order to save €25 worth of memory that
>> * is sure to work
>> * is sure to create a workable PC
>> * supports your local economy
>> * you can get your money back for in case it doesnt work
>> ?
>>
>> Unless you like fiddling with this stuff, or unless you are a masochist,
>> just buy a new stick of memory!
>>
>> My €0,02
> I agree with this. Sell your laptop SO-DIMMs and buy proper desktop-sized ones.
>
> I have not seen or used SODIMM-to-DIMM convertors, but in the past, I
> did use 30-pin SIMM convertors that turned 4 of them into a single
> 72-pin DIMM.
>
> It is not an experience I want to repeat. It was not worth the time,
> effort or money. The *LAST* thing you want in a computer is random
> hard-to-trace memory-bus errors.
>
>





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