[SGVLUG] Memory and External HD Questions

[Doug]

I just put some mixed ram in a computer and it's not having any problems. Ymmv but it should be safe.

Rob Wilcox <e320r837i4031j316 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>What happens when you install a 400 MHZ 1GB 240 PIN memory card 
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>into a slot for a 533 MHz of the same?
>Will it try to speed up the 400 to 533? 
>Overheat the memory card? 
>Or nothing at all and it's no problem?
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>I have 2x 1GB 400 MHZ 240 pins memory cards from 
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>an old computer and want to put them both into a computer
>with a 533 MHz requirement for that computer. 
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>It's presently running 512 MB RAM which is too slow and since
>I already have 2 GB of memory why not put it in 
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>and see what happens. That's why I'm asking 1st.
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>Also would a new 750 GB Hard Drive mess up 
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>a computer that originally had XP and that BIOS?
>After I used this external HD I got a screen freeze 3 times 
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>and the next boot up didn't bootup. Nothing!!!
>The HD is formatted for Win 7 and it's NTFS.
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>This EXT HD does work on my old iBook so now I think it might be computer related.
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>So can a HD mess up a computer so it won't even bootup???
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>I'll talk to some of you next Thursday 7-11 at Burger Continental.
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>Thanks,
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>Rob Wilcox
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