[geeks] IBM pseries 690 RAM Question

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Sandwich Maker wrote:

> " Does anyone know if the 690 memory boards contain DIMMs which are
> " removable or chips that are directly soldered to the card?
>
> iirc they had 16M -simms-, 39 [? pre-72] pin variety.

That would be in a 7012 or 7013, not a p690.

My recollection of the p690 is fuzzy, since my only experience with one
was talking with a CE at length about them and seeing them on a tour of
another state agency's datacenter.  But, from what I remember, they do,
indeed, have DIMMs (same spec as the p630, I think), if you open the
memory "book", however, I'm reasonably certain that the book is the
smallest degree of FRU in a Regatta.

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