Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!husc6!rice!sun-spots-request From: bob@cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: Are fileservers a waste of money Keywords: Hardware Message-ID: <8905101357.AA02494@tinman.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 17 May 89 14:58:28 GMT Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 8 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu Original-Date: Wed, 10 May 89 09:57:53 EDT X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 290, message 3 of 13 In SunSpots v7 n280, sacto!mmsac!cygnus!david@sun.com (David L. Kensiski 929-8844) writes: I recently read that Helios offers a RAM upgrade that does not require soldering to the CPU, hence it does not invalidate the Sun warranty or service contract. It's the other way around: Helios is the only memory upgrade that I know of that requires soldered modifications to the 3/50 board, rendering Sun unwilling to service it if it breaks.