It is mostly defective ram. At least most of the modules arent fully bricked as they are just hot glued in place. So technicslly some could still be viable.
I’m going to drag out my same soapbox: a lot of systems old enough to use DDR3 RAM will have x86_64 v1 or v2 processors. Some projects have already removed support for those, the big one being the RHEL kernel as of RHEL9.
Most still will. Like I’m sure a lot of people are doing, I was trying to reuse old hardware for a new purpose. Perfectly good computer with 16GB of RAM with an AMD A8-3850. I’m not complaining about progress’s march towards the future, but I missed the warning signs about the changes. I’m sure some other folks probably did as well.
Hurray now DDR4 prices can get even more fucked!
I shouldn’t have thrown out all that DDR3 memory that I did.
Even DDR2 got more expensive. We are giga screwed.
Shouldnt have built a christmas tree with it.
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It is mostly defective ram. At least most of the modules arent fully bricked as they are just hot glued in place. So technicslly some could still be viable.
I’m going to drag out my same soapbox: a lot of systems old enough to use DDR3 RAM will have x86_64 v1 or v2 processors. Some projects have already removed support for those, the big one being the RHEL kernel as of RHEL9.
I miss the days when mainstream Linux distros could run on a supercomputer or a toaster and anywhere between.😭
Most still will. Like I’m sure a lot of people are doing, I was trying to reuse old hardware for a new purpose. Perfectly good computer with 16GB of RAM with an AMD A8-3850. I’m not complaining about progress’s march towards the future, but I missed the warning signs about the changes. I’m sure some other folks probably did as well.
Back in the day the anywhere between was a lot smaller.
Maybe someone will make a way to use DDR3 in a DDR4 system. :-) Make the impossible possible.
I still have DDR2s somewhere… pray we do not need it.