Subject: Re: RAM for PWS500au and Powerstorm 4D50T
To: None <jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
List: port-alpha
Date: 10/05/2001 18:45:48
On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 06:38:07PM +0200, jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> There is that nice PWS500au in my machine room (now with working
> Ethernet...). 192MB RAM is quite nice, but I want more when I look at
> the prices for 256MB DIMMs. ;-)
> This leads to the question: Can I put normal PeeCee ECC SDRAM DIMMs
> (PC66 / PC100 / PC133) in that machine? 
> I tried one of the 32MB DIMMs from my PWS500au in a PeeCee (intel TX
> chipset) and it did not work. So I am afraid that the PWS DIMMs are not
> standard PC{66,100,133} DIMMs. 

They are. DEC speced 84MHz DIMMs, so PC100 should work OK. 

My PWS DIMMs worked fine in my Athlon.

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