Dummy Ram blank?

azith28

Hi,

I have a laptop that developed a problem with one of its ram bus slots. It has 3 slots, and unfortunately it was the middle one that was causing issues. I removed the stick of ram and the laptop works well now (well slower but well enough). However occasionally due to the design the lack of a middle ramstick causes one of the other sticks to fall out of its slot. Is there such a thing as a ram stick that does nothing that would trigger the bus problem but fill the gap?

Thanks

wunderbar

I haven't heard one one of these since the days or RD RAM. Oh Rambus, may you forever smolder in a small corner of hell.

Foomy

couldn't you just shove a piece of cardboard in there to fill the space?

Handgimp

Non-conducting tape?

Tofystedeth

Didn't Rambus actually require the Continuity RIMM in there anyway to pass the signal through? A quick google search shows some results from various random places for as low 5-6 bucks.
You might also check on the Ars Technica subforum Agora Classifieds. They have a thread there for freebies where people with spare random stuff that isn't worth selling just give stuff away. Someone there probably has been hoarding some RIMMs.
I had to some actual RIMMS once at my previous job to give a memory upgrade to an aging PC and it was heinously expensive for the capacity.

Oh Rambus, may you forever smolder in a small corner of hell.

Indeed.

fakeedit: Damnit, I just remembered I had 2 continuity RIMMs I'd taken out of that computer on my desk there for like 2 years that I used to occupy my hands while browsing the web or whatever. They're probably long gone now since I haven't worked there in almost 5 years.

wunderbar

Tofystedeth wrote: »

Didn't Rambus actually require the Continuity RIMM in there anyway to pass the signal through? A quick google search shows some results from various random places for as low 5-6 bucks.
You might also check on the Ars Technica subforum Agora Classifieds. They have a thread there for freebies where people with spare random stuff that isn't worth selling just give stuff away. Someone there probably has been hoarding some RIMMs.
I had to some actual RIMMS once at my previous job to give a memory upgrade to an aging PC and it was heinously expensive for the capacity.

Oh Rambus, may you forever smolder in a small corner of hell.

Indeed.

fakeedit: Damnit, I just remembered I had 2 continuity RIMMs I'd taken out of that computer on my desk there for like 2 years that I used to occupy my hands while browsing the web or whatever. They're probably long gone now since I haven't worked there in almost 5 years.

Those old things won't fit into any modern board. rambus ram was keyed differently than SD RAM (the competitor at the time) was.

Tofystedeth

I know.

azith28 wrote: »

Hi,

I have a laptop that developed a problem with one of its ram bus slots.

I thought he said he had a Rambus pc (supporting an ancient one for work or family or something).
But I don't think those ever came in threes so it was my misread.