Just upgraded my pc so I took the memory sticks out of my old one 2x 256 kingstons.
Want to sell them but a bit worried that they may hold ifomation on them, can anyone advise me?
2006-12-06 23:43:00 · 12 answers · asked by loadsofgoesatthis 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Sell them.. although they are probably not worth much if they are not a least DDR. RAM (Random Access Memory) looses all it's 'stored' information when voltage is lost IE. power down/turn off. That is part of what takes your computer so long to boot up also!
2006-12-06 23:53:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
People, "memory sticks" are what goes into the RAM slots on your motherboard. USB thumb/flash drives are what you people are confusing with memory sticks.
Memory sticks/RAM loses 100% of it's data the moment you or your motherboard stops supplying it with electricity. Like has already been said, even if you just reboot, 100% of what was being stored in the memory is now 100% gone.
You can sell those sticks, and not one bit of data can be retrieved from them, even by the FBI, CIA, etc. I'd keep them, though, as spares. They aren't worth much, any way. You never know when any computer part will fail, and you wouldn't be able to use your computer at all, if you have to send your new sticks back for an RMA, which sometimes takes up to 8 weeks.
2006-12-07 01:22:49 · answer #2 · answered by alchemist_n_tx 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Memory "Sticks" are Flash Memory and lose all memory
when there is no power to them. This is why sometimes you need to "Cold Boot" completely power down a PC to clear a problem in your RAM. You can safely sell those.
2006-12-07 00:56:11 · answer #3 · answered by sr386 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One thing I would be wary of is deleting data on a memory stick on different operating systems. I deleted files on my memory stick while in Mac OS X and then inserted the stick into my Windows laptop - only to find the files still existed, though only as images and not real files. The file names and sizes could be viewed, though.
2006-12-07 00:52:01 · answer #4 · answered by CTU 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Memory sticks are, in essence, mobile hard drives. There is always a record, or at least a footprint, left whenever you place anything on a hard drive. Even after re-formating documents can be retrieved.
This, however, only happens with persistant hacs or interested authorities. If you are Mr Nobody, from Nowhere IL, just remove the files, you should be OK.
Then again, if you are really paraniod, you will still be OK because WE already have the information.
Trust no one,
Keep you lazer handy.
2006-12-07 00:01:56 · answer #5 · answered by Alice S 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
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2006-12-06 23:45:34 · answer #6 · answered by Manis 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He's talking about the inside memory DuH
Theres an memory eracer out there i know
They cost from (50.00-100.00).
2006-12-07 01:38:43 · answer #7 · answered by __.::PLANET::.__ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Memory inside your computer does not save information. the CPU uses these to dump information as its being processed. when you turn off your computer that data is not there anymore so i wouldn't worry.
2006-12-07 02:59:12 · answer #8 · answered by Carkey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your safe to sell those, like it was said above it only serves as a temporary location and is cleared.
2006-12-06 23:49:59 · answer #9 · answered by Geek Girl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, its RAM - random access memory. its temporary memory that stores information while you work on your computer, whether its so that it remembers all the words you typed on Microsoft Word, or playing a game. Its like you 'work space'.
Your Harddrive stores info.
2006-12-06 23:46:09 · answer #10 · answered by <-tom-> 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋