Subject: Re: 256 MB RAM?
To: Wolfgang Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com>
From: Joel Reicher <joel@panacea.null.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/25/1999 15:48:11
> The one minor complication is that dram errors fall into a few
> categories. 
> 
> 1) totally random - eg. alpha particle hits.  Taking a page out of
> service for one of these is a waste, but shouldn't hurt too much
> seeing how alpha hits should be well under 1/week (month???).

FYI I think this is an extreme rarity with modern modules. IIRC it was
trace amounts of radioactive isotopes in the packaging material which is
much more refined now.

	- Joel