Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!apple!voder!nsc!amdahl!JUTS!duts!kls30 From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: SIMM Message-ID: <6deD02fM08Ep01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Date: 14 Jun 91 12:59:35 GMT References: <28p402vw08py01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <1991Jun9.093935.846@cube.han.de> Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com Reply-To: kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) Distribution: na Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 31 In article cnh5730@calvin.tamu.edu (Charles Herrick) writes: >In article <1991Jun9.093935.846@cube.han.de> martin@cube.han.de (Martin Ortlepp) writes: > > The 1X9 simms you have should work. The only difference between a 1X9 and > > 1X8 is the extra chip the boards themselves are the same. > > Unfortunately they didn't. At the time of writing this I checked out three > different types and all of them didn't work. > > As I mentioned before all types work when I mix them with non-parity SIMMs > WITHIN a bank. Now I have 16 MB 1x8 and no problems :-) > Maybe there is something wrong with my ROM (2.2 v63) so it's unable to handle > parity properly. I'll upgrade it to 2.4. I just checked my ROM version it is 2.2 v63. Mixed ram works on mine. > >When mixed (parity and non-parity) RAM is not officially supported, >perhaps it's for a good reason. Don't mix your RAM. Third party ram is not supported, maybe I shouldn't use that either. 8-} >-- > The opinions expressed herein are mine and are in no way attributed > to any of the many people for whom I work. Who they are is irrelevant. -- /* -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers. */ /* For I can only express my own opinions. */ /* */ /* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */