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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT hardware ?] Can ram spec be tracked to different mobos
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:35:16
Message-Id: gogg14$lj7$2@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] [OT hardware ?] Can ram spec be tracked to different mobos by Harry Putnam
1 Harry Putnam wrote:
2 > Anyone know if the ram sticks installed in one mobo can be tracked to
3 > see what other mobo's it will work in.
4 >
5 > I'm thinking switching out a mobo and hate to loose the 3GB ram
6 > installed in it. I don't have the spec to hand due to one machine
7 > being shut down but do have record of it on that machine when I boot
8 > it.
9 >
10 > You'd think some kind of cross reference like that would be around
11 > since ram is one of the more expensive parts of a setup.
12
13 If it's the same type of RAM, it should work just fine.