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What Can You Do with Old RAM?

Posted by Cliff on from the dips-for-chips dept.

sruchris asks: "Over the past 10 years or so, as friends and relatives buy new computers, I end up with the spare parts that they don't want. I've now have quite the collection of unused PC100 and PC133 SDRAM. Does anyone have any practical or creative uses for spare SDRAM other than giving it away? I have various sizes from 32MB to 256MB. My first thought was a giant RAM drive. Does anyone know of an adapter that would take, lets say, 10 sticks of SDRAM and give me an IDE or USB connector? I know people have made jewelery, fishtanks, litterboxes and furniture out of old computers parts, but what can we do that's pratical with a box full of old RAM?"

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  1. Don't forget! by Mad_Rain · · Score: 2, Funny

    Keychains! Lots and Lots of keychains!

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    1. Re:Don't forget! by karnal · · Score: 4, Funny

      My parents told me the same thing about my pee-pee.

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    2. Re:Don't forget! by bhiestand · · Score: 2, Funny
      careful... who knows what kinds of metal or other toxic material could be in those chips. You sure you want to be touching it regularly?

      My parents told me the same thing about my pee-pee.

      That's why I hire someone to handle mine for me.
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  2. Obvious by c0d3h4x0r · · Score: 2, Funny

    but what can we do that's pratical with a box full of old RAM?

    You can post it as an "Ask Slashdot" and get your five minutes of geek fame!

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  3. Any toxins in em? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't know but right know I am in the process of installing as many old wiped drives, pci cards and ram into one box as I can. I'm going to try to jam a few motherboards in there right before I seal it up. Then I am going to take it to the recycling center and let them deal with it. For the $8 charge per box, they are going to get about 8 drives, 20 sticks of ram (most of it taped inside of the case), 8 pci cards, some floppy and cd drives, and hopefully a couple of extra motherboards. It's going to be wall to wall components in there.

    1. Re:Any toxins in em? by planetoid · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, Windows is for people -- the same people who think Thomas Kinkade and Tom Clancy are the best things to happen to their living rooms and the fine arts, and spend a quarter of their income on tickets to Wrestlemania events.

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  4. Re:Well... by Darth_Burrito · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit taking other people's old ram.

  5. Give them to me by dtfinch · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then I'd feel comfortable discarding my large pile of 4-16mb SIMMs.

  6. LTSP by darnok · · Score: 3, Funny

    Build a Linux Terminal Server box, get a bunch of crappy old PCs that everyone throws out, fill them with your RAM - every one (or every room!) in the house gets a PC.

    I dream of the day I have a toilet PC, but there's still a few logistical challenges to work out (e.g. mounting the screen behind the door, storing the optical mouse somewhere, choice of keyboard), as well as the all important "Can I find a printer that prints on a roll of toilet paper?". You may laugh, but once I've got mine, everyone's gonna want one!