[ILUG] follow-up and new [Q] is it possible for memory _slot_ to fail?

[Brian Foster]

  | Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:41:21 +0100
  | Subject: [ILUG] [Q] is it possible for memory _slot_ to fail?
  | From: Brian Foster <blf at blf.utvinternet.ie>
  |
  |[... power supply fried and apparently took with it one of
  |  the two 256MiB PC133 DIMM slots ... power was accidently
  |  removed from CD and DVD rewriters ... BIOS failed to hold
  |  settings for hdb ...]

 it appears the accidental disconnection of the CD and DVD
 was also the cause of the BIOS failing to keep the hdb
 settings.  I dunno why, BIOS bug, maybe?  anyways, with
 power restored to the two rewriters, the BIOS is happy.

 so it seems the only damage is the one DIMM slot.  this
 means I have only the one slot remaining; i.e., I only
 have 256MiB.  ;-(   I am noticing that!  whilst I will
 be looking to get a new machine eventually (mostly need
 more CPU umphf), ATM I am thinking about upgrading to a
 512MiB DIMM (which is the largest the machine/motherboard
 will support).

 does anyone have recommendations on (European) suppliers
 of PC133 512MiB DIMMs?  good or bad?  quality and service
 beats price.

cheers!
	-blf-
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