Salvaging Defective DRAM

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Posted by michael on Sunday March 9, 2003 @06:35AM from the every-part-except-the-squeal dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ever wonder what happens to DRAM that fails quality assurance testing during manufacturing? Turns out a lot of it ends up as 'downgrade' memory and ends up in OEM memory modules. Last resort: use it in an answering machine, where the sampled audio can be very tolerant of bit errors."

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pirst fost by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-09 06:37 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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First! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-09 06:37 · Score: -1, Offtopic

FP FP FP

Wheeeeee!

Yeah, yeah, I know....
Ever wonder? by duckpoopy · 2003-03-09 06:37 · Score: -1, Offtopic

No, I never wondered that. Thanks for asking.

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fp by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-09 06:38 · Score: -1, Offtopic

and I haven't eaven read the topic
GAY by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-09 06:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

SALSHDTO=GAY!
heh... old story by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-09 06:49 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I remember that there was this guy who wondered where all those used ink pens go... They claim, that he found it... but hasn't told anyone.. also some rumour has that a healthy bonus is payed to his account every month ...
Ignore the grumpy posts... by geoswan · 2003-03-09 06:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Ignore the grumpy posts, this is an interesting article.
Yo by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-09 06:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Jesus was a Negro.
Annother take on answering machine memory by wumpus2112 · 2003-03-09 07:53 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Nine rings for (faulty) ram chips doomed to die. Wumpus
Re:Badram by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-09 11:33 · Score: -1, Offtopic

warhorse47 is pwned by all the people with higher scores who said the same thing! muhaha