RAM - follow on

[bconway at alum.wpi.edu (Brian J. Conway)]

> > DDR memory will NOT work in an 8100
> 
> Perhaps you should examine the email a little more closely.  hmmm?
> 
> Kaylan didn't specify which he needed so I covered every possible
> type he might need.  All two of them.  :-)
> 
> Either DDR or PC100/133 works in almost everything sold today, and
> definitely in ALL Dell systems.  

Right, except it doesn't, it uses RDRAM.  See here (or enter the 
Dimension 8100 into Crucial's site):

http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2BProductline=Dell%2BDimension&mfr=Dell&cat=RAM&model=Dimension+8100+Series&submit=Go

-b