Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!midway!clout!chinet!miroc!reaper!mmm From: mmm@reaper.Chi.IL.US (Michael Marvin Morrison) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: SIMM Modules Message-ID: Date: 14 May 91 12:19:43 GMT References: <1701@giaea.gi.oz> Lines: 20 In article <1701@giaea.gi.oz> s9133283@giaea.gi.oz (Noel Ashford) writes: > > I have just purchased some SIMM modules for my GVP Series II A500 hard drive. > However the SIMM's I received are the 1 meg x 9 type, while the manual > recommends using 1 meg x 8. What is the difference between these two types > of SIMM modules. > As an aside, I was a little dissapointed with the manual GVP supplied, as a > lot of the utilities supplied on the drive are not mentioned in the manual. > > Thanks in advance The 1Mx9 chips are generally for IBM type systems that require a Parity chip in their RAM setup. The Amiga doesn't use these, and I would suspect that the modules would simply not fit in slots made for 1Mx8's. At any rate, I would suggest that you return them for the proper 1Mx8 module. -- Michael M Morrison /| |\ mmm@reaper.chi.il.us | | Cash, for Cache.. | | reaper!mmm@miroc.chi.il.us \| Hmm.. sounds fair. |/