I've got this old Asus A7V133 that I'm trying to rehab and I discovered that one of the RAM chips is bad, leaving me with only 128 MB of working PC133 RAM. Obviously if I want to get this working I need more.
Searching for RAM, I see that there is one type of RAM that is used for Asus motherboards, and a different type that's used for other motherboards. I've seen on several retail sites that they're not the same. But all the specs look exactly the same. So what's the difference?
Here's an example - a link to the non-Asus RAM:
http://pcwonderinc.com/51pc64sdramh.html
And a link to the Asus RAM:
http://store.pcwsurplus.com/51pc64sdramh3.html
They're almost the same price so it doesn't really matter, and honestly I'm not sure if it's worth it to buy old RAM for this hunk of junk anyway. But now I'm just curious as to what the difference is.
Searching for RAM, I see that there is one type of RAM that is used for Asus motherboards, and a different type that's used for other motherboards. I've seen on several retail sites that they're not the same. But all the specs look exactly the same. So what's the difference?
Here's an example - a link to the non-Asus RAM:
http://pcwonderinc.com/51pc64sdramh.html
And a link to the Asus RAM:
http://store.pcwsurplus.com/51pc64sdramh3.html
They're almost the same price so it doesn't really matter, and honestly I'm not sure if it's worth it to buy old RAM for this hunk of junk anyway. But now I'm just curious as to what the difference is.