[rescue] alpha server 1000 4/266 info needed

[Mike Nicewonger]

AFAIK The Alpha Server 1000 uses 5 banks of 72 pin parity. the fith bank is the
ECC memory

Mike N

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, you wrote:
> Oh great now I am paranoid about it. Dangit, just when I had myself
> convinved that I could grab any old 72pin simm that was ecc and use it. any
> idea what I may need to look for to reduce compatibility issues? besides
> that they be 72pin and ecc that is....
> 	
> 	BTW anyone confirm for me that I am correct in my thinking that this
> thing is 4 banks of 4 simms in each bank?
> 
> Michael A. Turner
> Systems Engineer
> WHRO
> michael.turner at whro.org
> http://www.whro.org
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd C. Miller [mailto:Todd.Miller at courtesan.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 4:31 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [rescue] alpha server 1000 4/266 info needed 
> 
> 
> http://www.hitechcafe.com sometimes has a special on 64meg ECC
> SIMMs.  Their normal price is $50 but recently they've had them as
> low as $25 (they do one or two day specials).  I bought 4 when they
> were $30 and while I haven't tried them in an alpha there is a good
> chance they would work.
> Alphas *do* tend to be picky about SIMMs though...
> 
>  - todd
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