will this ram work

[micali]

I ran a test on my computer to see what ram is compatible with it and I was told pc 133 non ecc, 64x64 high density, if I am not mistaken. I bought a ram stick on what i was told but this stick has chips on only one side. Does high density mean that the stick will have chips on both sides? Will this work for me ok from what I've told you?

 

[Cromewell]

Does high density mean that the stick will have chips on both sides?

Not necessarily

Each memory chip is a matrix of tiny cells. Each cell holds one bit of information. Memory chips are often described by how much information they can hold. We call this chip density. You may have encountered examples of chip densities, such as "64Mbit SDRAM" or "8M by 8". A 64Mbit chip has 64 million cells and is capable of holding 64 million bits of data. The expression "8M by 8" describes one kind of 64Mbit chip in more detail.

In the memory industry, DRAM chip densities are often described by their cell organization. The first number in the expression indicates the depth of the chip (in locations) and the second number indicates the width of the chip (in bits). If you multiply the depth by the width, you get the density of the chip.

I find it a little odd that some test told you to get high density RAM, it's not compatible with a lot of systems. You can always plug it in and see if it works with your system. If it doesn't work just remove it again, nothing will be damaged by trying it.

 

[micali]

This was a home built system. I know that is shouldn't hurt anything cause best buy told me to purchase the newer style ram for this computer and it worked until I tried to put pc 133 with DDR ram and it freaked out. Fortunatly it didn't hurt anything.

I am not sure if the ram is the issue. Someone else told me that I should use double sided ram with this cpu. He was one of the orig. builders of course. I thought the chip that I was buying was double sided. So what does double sided have to do with anything? I may have to send it back.