From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Thu Jun 03 1999 - 10:17:25 EDT
Peter..
Peter Wennersten wrote:
> >From the recent discussion about memory upgrades I conclude that as far as
> prestanda goes it would be OK to get memory from a third party vendor such
> as Viking or Kingston.
>
Apricorn (thinkpad proven), Kingston, Viking, Goldenram (IBM Approved), Paragon
and when these crappy parts are gone, even Micron..\i NEVER would get memory
>from Simple, because their warranty expires when you dial their telephone
number.. :-)okok, so its not like that, but no receipt, no warrany.. with all
the others its lifetime, no questions, with my customers (especially those i
know from earlier business) i arrange for a hot swap...
since i have a great rapport with goldenram and apricorn i can usually get more
done when replacing those than viking or paragon (which i have not sold for some
time)...
> But since the discussion referred to 770:s and as I am a newbie I would like
> to ask if there is any reason why the above would not apply to an I-series?
>
nope..
> Also, is the warranty for the machine I bought (before upgrading it myself)
> affected in any way by me putting non-IBM memory in the machine? What
> triggers my question is the below (which I don't quite understand)
>
nope..especially if you use Apricorn or Goldenram..
there was a tiome when IBM was really pissed at Kingston.. they sold a BUNCH of
parts that got too hot and burned up more than a few 760CD boards that IBM had
to replace, before kingston and ibm figuered out what the cause was..
then kingston replaced everything with no complaint..
thats why i'm sad i can't get kingston at a good price (they sell only through
distributors)...
> Thanks for any help on this matter.
>
> Peter Wennersten
>
> .....snip......
>
> >
> >> > i think ibm WILL do a hot swap on memory if you give them a CC #, but
> >> > so will most..
> >>
> >> I never had experience of bad memory before so I don't know how
> >> they usually do the exchange for a warranty claim. I just thought that
> >> with IBM, they will ship you everything that a user can change as long as
> >> it's approved for the machine.
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