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DDR Memory????

HugoSP
HugoSP Posts: 2,467 Forumite
Some people really shouldn't be allowed on ebay :(

I found out what memory my desktop needs - apparently it needs DDR Ram. It has 256 on it and I want to upgrade it to 512 as a minimum.

So I decided to buy 2 items on e bay

2x DDR 256mb used for a fiver

1x DDR2 1GB new - total cost around £17

Went for the 2x256 in case the 1gb didn't work.

I think you know where this is going......

It turns out that all the memory sticks I've just bought have slightly different interfaces to the slots that I have! I couldn't spot the differences from the photos on the listings but they won't go in! The nick in the interface is in a slightly different position and the contacts do not line up and are different widths. I didn't count them.

Am I right that I actually need DDR and have DDR2?

Also, the 1GB stick says 2GB??

So what's all this about then?
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