[rescue] alpha server 1000 4/266 info needed

[Mike Nicewonger]

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Mike N the tongue tied wordsmith wrote:
> AFAIK The Alpha Server 1000 uses 5 banks of 72 pin parity. the fith bank is the
> ECC memory

D-OH! I meant to say banks of 5 memory sticks :) with the ftith in the bank
being the ECC bits.

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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