[SunHELP] Ultra 5 400 memory

[Michael Horton]

Peter,

Have you checked at the Micron or its crucial sites. 
I found that, in many, cases, I could buy compatible
RAM cheaper from Mricron/Crucial than the same item on
eBay.


Hope this helps,

HM


--- Peter Stokes <peter at ashlyn.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Thomas
> 
> Sorry, I have no experience with any 3rd party ones.
> There is a lot of FUD
> probably from early suppliers. I would be tempted to
> go with reputable
> suppliers who are on the Sun licensed list such as
> Dataram or Transcend
> (soon to be licensed) who sell specific versions of
> memory for the U5/10.
> 
> I will respect Bills request about this list, but
> thanks for the comments.
> 
> Peter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org
> [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Thomas Cameron
> Sent: 07 October 2001 19:47
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: RE: [SunHELP] Ultra 5 400 memory
> 
> 
> Excellent!  Thanks for the info!
> 
> Now for the next question:  anyone have experience
> with Micron memory in
> an Ultra 5?  There is am eBay auction where a guy
> isselling off hundreds
> of 256MB EDO ECC memory modules for $75.00 each.  I
> tried four Compaq
> 32MB EDO ECC modules in my Ultra 5, and it booted
> just fine, so I assume
> the ones in the auction will as well.  They're pulls
> from Proliant
> servers.
> 
> Any advice, yea or nay?
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 
> P.S. - Peter, I just saw PM Blair's speech.  I don't
> think we say it
> often enough or loudly enough, but we in the USA
> really, really
> appreciate the friendship between the UK and the
> USA.  Thanks for your
> help and support, and our prayers are as much with
> the UK military
> forces as with our own.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org
> [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org] On
> Behalf Of Peter Stokes
> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 4:08 AM
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: RE: [SunHELP] Ultra 5 400 memory
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> I think the only reason why Sun did not offer the
> system with 512Mb was
> the physical size of the DIMMS which will not fit
> into the U5. Other
> than that they will work as the board is the same
> for U5 & U10 systems.
> 
> The same goes for the UPA graphics cards.
> 
> Peter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org
> [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Thomas Cameron
> Sent: 07 October 2001 04:57
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [SunHELP] Ultra 5 400 memory
> 
> 
> I have seen posts on Usenet saying the Ultra 5 will
> go 1 gig on RAM
> (4x256MB DIMMs), but Sun's site says 512 megs
> (4x128MB DIMMs).
> 
> Has anyone actually *seen* an Ultra 5 with 256 meg
> DIMMs installed?
> 
> Thanks
> -----------------------  Thomas D. Cameron 
> ----------------------- Red
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