Subject: Re: 3000/300 : SCSI speed & RAM questions
To: Brook Milligan <brook@biology.nmsu.edu>
From: nm <nmanisca@vt.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 02/05/2000 13:16:43
At 09:25 PM 2/4/00 -0700, Brook Milligan wrote:
>   >> I have heard that it is possible to use drops of solder to convert a
>   >> non-recognized 32MB simms to a recognized 32MB simms but it is not
>   >> trivial.
>
>   Dolf de Waal seems to be very knowledgable in this area.  He is
>   the person who informed me of the presence detection bits.
>
>   The following information is almost directly from Dolf de Waal.
>
>   There are four presence detection bits on ps/2 simms.  Two of
>   the bits indicate the access time.  The other two indicate
>   the memory size.
>
>Are there any "official" documents that describe this setup?  I
>presume there is no requirement for SIMM vendors to sell products with
>the correct jumpering of these pads?

I really have no idea if this is a requirement for simms or not.  I
have never come across any technical docs related to something like
this.  Sorry.

Nick