[Sunhelp] sun ultra5 memory type

[Martin A. Marques]

On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, BERTOLI Javier E. wrote:
> 
> > OK, but is there any risk at trying? Does standard SDRAM DIMM differ
> > greatly from ECC EDO DIMMs? Do they differ in voltage or pins
> > distribution?
> 
> The key here is really the ECC bits.  "Cheap" PC memory does not have them
> and nearly all Sun systems require them.
> 
> "Standard" SDRAM is a bit of a misnomer as the PC memory standard is a
> rapidly moving target.
> 
> > I've contacted SUN's local representative and he sent me this
> > specifications, which only specify ECC for the Ultra1:
> 
> The Ultra 5 and 10 take standard JEDEC 168-pin ECC EDO DIMMs.  Period. 
> Nothing else will work.

Does it mean you tried normal PC memory? 


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