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by lynng1201

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I am upgrading the memory on a PC.On selecting parity or non-parity. I know by counting the black modules on existing memory you can divide evenly by 3 or 5 will tell you which one. I've bought memory like this before,but the modules were only on one side. The machine in question has the black module on both sides. Do you count all black modules?

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by williamstratton

I've had same problems before. I currently purchesed a set of 72 pin parity ram. They didn't know how much ram it was so I got it for $2. I had black mods on both sides so I immediatly thought BIG ram. Wrong. It ended up only being 8megs total. It had four mods on the front side and two bigger mods on the back side. The only thing is, if they don't know then don't buy.

by thmiuatga

The type of memory that can be used by your system depends on the motherboard chipset.
You have ECC/EDO PC/66/100/133DIMM. It is important that whatever memory you have in your system is matched correctly with the memory you add to it therefore there should be no question about parity or non parity. Always use the same type of memory and never mix ECC with non ECC and ECC with EDO.

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