Amazon is getting to me.....what did I buy for $.58?? 32mb sdram dual bank

[Bohemian]

Well for $5 I figured I was safe with getting 10. If they are useless I can sell them on eB*y to someone as silly as I.

 

[SimMike2]

This is clearly being sold as an upgrade for the Venturis FX-2, not plain Venturis.

http://www4.support.compaq.com/documentation/pcdoc/pdf/pbsr-eng.pdf Read this manual. Go down to Main Logic Board Expansion/ Installing Additional memory.

Didn't Compaq buy Digital, or something like that? Maybe Compaq is cleaning house. Maybe I am wrong in my logic, but like everybody is saying: how much can you lose?

 

[ingenue007]

i ordered 10. 5.80 with no shipping.....can't loose. either can make keychains or sell them on egay.

 

[huey1124]

my first double post, sorry

 

[huey1124]

are these sticks specific to Venturis chipset? or will these have general compatibility?


and yes, Compaq bought out Digital (DEC).

 

[Bohemian]

They are definitely DIMMS. I am still researching whether they will work with a standard PC or not. SOme documentation seems to indicate they are proprietary.

EDIT:
32MB DIGITAL VENTURIS FX-2


Proprietary or Industry Standard Proprietary

Item Description 32MB Module

Proprietary Equivalent FR-PCCAM-EC

Compatibility Digital Celebris, Venturis FX-2

Total Memory 32 MB

Number of Modules in Upgrade Kit 1

Memory Module Size 4MB x 64

Memory Speed 66 MHz

Memory Type SDRAM

Memory Configuration Module

Memory Configuration DIMM

For Socket Type 168-Pin

Memory Characteristics JEDEC

Parity or Non-Parity Non-Parity

Memory Package TSOP

 

[Atrac]

Although it says "kit," I'd think that this is just an adapter that plugs into one DIMM slot that will allow you to add two into one. I don't think it comes with memory?


Regardless of what it is though, I just ordered one. heh heh

 

[shamu]

I doubt amazon will honor this, it's obviously a pricing mistake.

 

[Bohemian]

It IS a 32MB DIMM. Amazon WILL honor it because that is more than it is worth. Oh well.

 

[goog40]

I don't think its a pricing mistake since the other sites sell it for about the same price. I would be very surprised if this is anything more than a converter of some sort and actually useable.

 

[huey1124]

Shamu, i don't think so. remember all the .98 items up for sale on Amazon? there were very large, and some expensive, items. and Amazon delivered all of them i believe. these DIMMs are getting worthless as time passes, and Amazon must be doing a basement cleaning.

 

[Crusis]

I am pretty confident we are talking about Dual Bank Pc66 Dimm Modules of memory here, not a converter... I guess we will get to wait and see.

 

[android]

Folks, get real. Do a Google search and you will see that 0.64 cents is about the standard price for these whatever-they-ares. Now think logically for just 1 millisecond. Would Amazon sell a standard PC66 32MB SD RAM for .58? And even if Amazon was stupid enough, would all these other sites be equally stupid? I don't think so. My guess is that you will get an adapter, or you will get a piece of memory that is proprietary, and useless unless you own a Digital computer.

So, is .58 worth it for a keychain?

 

[SimMike2]

Just a quick comment about the "these are converters" people. How many computer manufactures do you know that actually sold memory converters for their computers? I think the answer is none, especially a prestigious company like Digital. Converters, such as SIMM trees, etc, were always third party manufacturers, which the computer companies never supported. In fact many computer companies treated these converters with real and vocal disdain.

As for the comment about these being useless, two 32MB SDRAM chips equal 64MB, which last time I checked made a pretty decent little computer. 64MB of memory for $1.20 is hardly what I would call useless... that is if these are useable SDRAM chips.

Now I will shut up, because I have posted way too many comments in this thread.

 

[shamu]

and also since when would they list 32MB for a converter.

 

[mattt]

Well, I just ordered 4 of them... so I've either just doubled the memory of the 2 LX/Celeron computers in the house for next to nothing , or spent $2.32 on a bunch of keychains

 

[huey1124]

~~~~I WANNA~~~~~~~~~

i want a hot deal on a VENTURIS FX-2 motherboard. possibly a cheap starter computer as a server?

 

[SimMike2]

http://www4.support.compaq.com/documentation/pcdoc/venfx2.htm This is the Digital page for this computer.

As for keychains, how about nice Christmas tree ornaments?

I still think they are legitimate SDRAM chips.

 

[Bohemian]

They are listed as proprietary, not industry standard. Still, I would like to be surprised and actually have them work.

 

[dna2z]

They ARE Ram.

Goto sparco for the manufacturer prod #, then look at page 6

 

[burnedout]

I just ordered four also. $2.32 isn't much of a risk. If they do work, then pickup one of those Tekram LX motherboards with 4 DIMM slots.

Amazon surely does discount stuff from time to time.

Thanks ygreenkitty.

 

[ManSnake]

Hehehehehehe...

Ordered 10, hope they work on my "killer computer", hehehehehe...

 

[DuckFan]

Went from sales rank of 940 to now 5.

 

[SimMike2]

Sales rank number 3 now! 44,600% increase! How many of these things do you think Amazon actually has?

 

[ygreenkitty]

Maybe I should have waited until tomorrow to post this.....:|
damn scroll button....