[SunHELP] Question: Sparc 4 RAM

[Frank-Christian Kruegel]

On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 22:54:50 +1300, you wrote:

>I have to opportunity to buy a Sparc 4. It has no RAM. Can anyone tell me
>if it uses the same DIMMs as used in older PCs ?

No.

The DIMMs must be 5V EDO with parity - either 8 or 32 MB. PCs use DIMMs only
as
SDRAM, and 5V EDO only as SIMMs (72 pins instead of 168 pins). The exception
are
some older servers from Siemens, Compaq and HP.

So just assume that you need to buy special modules.

Mit freundlichen Gr|_en

Dipl.-Ing. Frank-Christian Kr|gel
IstDa Kommunikationssysteme