Recent content by xElyriax

Yes Kevin, you understand right. The only theory I have ever heard that even makes a modicum of sense is that my body over-produces iron, and even then it still seems pretty freakish. I have also never been able to recreate the incident. Had two others not seen the whole thing take place I...

Thank you CDogg! I am just not *really* learning about computers and I asked my buddy the difference between SImm and Dimm, he told me it was about where the chips are. Seems I shouldn't ask him computer questions while he's half asleep. :-) -Elyria

Thanks for the help about the ECC Garebo, but do you know if I can put DIMM in a system that is using SIMM now? The whole thing is really confusing!!! -Elyria

My apologies, I didn't give enough info - it's a PII 348mgz running Win XP.

Ok, I have no answers per se, but I had something similar happen, maybe my situation will give you insight: was replacing a modem, system was unplugged and power-cycled. Put my hand on the metal part of the modem (where it gets screwed onto the tower) and the machine booted up. Shut itself...

Ok, I got myself a little confused and just need a couple of simple answers. My sister has a PII with PC100 SD. My father wants to upgrade her from 2 64mb sticks to two 128mb sticks. In the computer right now is SIMM, but we are tossing those when we get the new RAM. Can I put DIMM in the...