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From: mimsy!ncar.UCAR.EDU!dunike!pan!sjk@uunet.uu.net (Scott J. Kamin)
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Subject: Re: 3/60 memory @ 12 meg?
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 21 Jul 89 22:02:17 GMT
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> Has anyone run any 3/60's with 12 meg of memory and noticed system
> crashes, where there weren't any with 8 meg?  I haven't checked yet to
> determine if it may be application specific, but using 3 different cpu's
> and 2 different cpu cabinets, and 4 different SIMMs, we get crashes on the
> 3/60 with 12 meg, and not with 8....I can't believe they all have bad SIMM
> sockets. Most crashes seemed to be memory parity errors, however.  Sun
> tech support is unaware of any problem with the 12 meg value. Could an
> application do it?
> 

We upgraded both of our 3/60's with Clearpoint memory to 12MB and have had
no crashes due to memory parity errors.

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