[mythtv-users] Dell Dimensions (and Poweredge)...

[Stephen Mowry]

Ok,

A friend of mine JUST bought the Poweredge 400 and tried selling the ram and
hd back.  No go.  They informed him it was only for a temporary time (my
interp: when word got round they really got screwed).

Also, NON-ECC RAM DOES work in the Poweredge.  You can even mix them...


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Kendrick Vargas
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 9:37 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Dell Dimensions (and Poweredge)...
> 
> 
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Chris Petersen wrote:
> 
> > A friend of mine got one of the smaller ones on record - $160 (some 
> > people got over $200 back) - more than enough to pick up a gig of 
> > decent RAM and a bigger drive from elsewhere.
> 
> If it's a PowerEdge, keep in mind that it may require ECC ram 
> which is a pain to get a hold of. I bought a PowerEdge 600 SC 
> (not for myth) and half a gig of ram cost me some $130.
> 			-peace
> 
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