Subject: Re: Corrupted SRM -- PS
To: None <jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
List: port-alpha
Date: 10/06/2001 19:23:20
On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 06:01:54PM +0200, jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote:
> On  6 Oct, Ray Phillips wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone successfully used non-DEC RAM in an AS200? 
> AlphaStation 200? AFAIK it uses generic PS/2 SIMMs with parity. I
> didn't worry about the RAM type when a friend gave me 4 x 16MB PS/2
> SIMMs. I puted the modules in the machine and it worked. I also tried 4
> x 16MB from a DataGeneral AViiON 5500. But that SIMMs where detected as
> 4MB types. I think the Alpha was confused, because the DG SIMMs are 40
> Bit ECC. 

Note that it uses FastPageMode (FPM) SIMMs. Not EDO SIMMs.

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