Squeezing a bit more out of a PowerMac G5... [more inside]
posted by omnidrew on Nov 23, 2009 - 9 answers

I'm trying to find a short sci-fi story I read over 10 years ago that I barely remember. It may have involved some or all of the following: bicycle repair, ripe banana smelling bacteria used as deodorant and anti-libido medication. [more inside]
posted by jrishel on Nov 19, 2009 - 7 answers

How is memory typically mapped to the different chips on a DIMM, and what are the typical timing characteristics, broadly speaking? For example, are bytes/words whose address is i mod 8 typically on chip i? In the case of reads, are results returned first from chip 0 (after the RAS and CAS latencies), then promptly on subsequent cycles from each of the next 7 (or 15) chips? How about from other DIMMs on the same motherboard?
posted by espertus on Nov 15, 2009 - 3 answers

Needed: Memory hacks. I have trouble remembering names. How do you do it? [more inside]
posted by ASM on Oct 20, 2009 - 22 answers

I'm in the middle of grabbing all the parts to build a new PC for myself. I have pretty much all the components, but I can't figure out which kind of memory I need to go with an Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16GHz) and ASUS P5Q-E. I've looked at both Intel's and Asus's websites, and of course the Google to no avail. Details on what I'm looking for inside. [more inside]
posted by arcolz on Jun 22, 2009 - 8 answers

Decrepit PC RAM question - I am trying to figure out what kind of SDRAM is supported by my K7VZA Rev 1.0 motherboard. [more inside]
posted by mzurer on May 18, 2009 - 5 answers

Which is better, one 4GB stick, or two 2GB sticks of DDR2 RAM in my Laptop? [more inside]
posted by brenton on Apr 20, 2009 - 8 answers

At what age do your memories begin? [more inside]
posted by Billegible on Apr 19, 2009 - 78 answers

I have some sort of strong, almost visceral feeling of memory related to the word "Vero", as in Vero Beach, FL. Can you help me figure out why? May be related to a story or song from my adolescence... [more inside]
posted by booknerd on Apr 8, 2009 - 12 answers

Reverse-Memento-Filter: I can remember everything except what it was that I just stood up to do. Please help me with extreme short term memory loss before I lose what's left of my mind. [more inside]
posted by grapefruitmoon on Mar 12, 2009 - 26 answers

Why is there no such thing as too much memory? [more inside]
posted by abcde on Oct 19, 2008 - 18 answers

How can I get my Photo Channel drawings off of the Wii? [more inside]
posted by ignignokt on Feb 9, 2008 - 3 answers

Need help building my own memory cartridge for a toy laptop. [more inside]
posted by sailormouth on Jun 15, 2007 - 10 answers

A question about memory allocation in C. Yes, I have to use C. There's [more inside]
posted by chrisamiller on Nov 8, 2006 - 17 answers

I just bought a Sony Ericsson K750i Mobile Phone, and I love it. But I have some questions in regards to the Memory Stick and the Memory Stick Duo Adaptor that comes with the phone. [more inside]
posted by Effigy2000 on Feb 12, 2006 - 10 answers

Okay, so I have a java program that's supposed to run in the background all the time. The problem is that the JVM allocates all the memory it can use, and then just sits there taking up a half-gig of ram. Is there any way I can get the thing to GC aggressively and release memory back to the system when it's done? [more inside]
posted by delmoi on Oct 11, 2005 - 16 answers