You could fry the memory, or the sockets.
Best thing? identify the motherboard, look up the specs.
Hmmm.... this [link] may help.
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DCJensen - May 10, 2006 8:57:43 am PDT #8065 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Sean K - May 10, 2006 9:04:29 am PDT #8066 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Thanks, Daniel.
DCJensen - May 10, 2006 9:05:14 am PDT #8067 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Gudanov - May 10, 2006 9:08:23 am PDT #8068 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
With the power off, you can just check to see if the sticks physically fit in the sockets. That won't hurt anything and will eliminate a lot of research if they don't.
§ ita § - May 10, 2006 9:09:14 am PDT #8069 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Or remove one of the existing sticks and see if they're the same--it'll minimise chances of damaging anything by trying to fit a little too eagerly.
Gudanov - May 10, 2006 9:10:37 am PDT #8070 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
That's a good idea.
DCJensen - May 10, 2006 9:13:38 am PDT #8071 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Thanks, Daniel.
No problem. I must admit, the best case scenerio your ram will work or just not.
Sean K - May 10, 2006 9:20:06 am PDT #8072 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
With the power off, you can just check to see if the sticks physically fit in the sockets. That won't hurt anything and will eliminate a lot of research if they don't.
Or remove one of the existing sticks and see if they're the same--it'll minimise chances of damaging anything by trying to fit a little too eagerly.
Yeah, good ideas. I was actually planning on doing both of those things in the process, but I also wanted something better than just "try it and see what happens" if I got past those steps.
tommyrot - May 11, 2006 5:42:27 am PDT #8073 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Can someone please ping REDACTED for me?
eta: nevermind.
Jessica - May 11, 2006 12:25:48 pm PDT #8074 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm too lazy to search, but a while back, someone was having trouble installing Windows Media Player on a Mac?
I just had the same problem w/ my office Powerbook, and it turned out that the damn thing didn't have Stuffit Expander installed. After I downloaded and installed that, I was finally able to open the .bin file that Microsoft packaged the WMP installer in. (Pre-Stuffit, the Powerbook kept trying to open it with Excel, which wasn't going so well.)