Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 14:36:10 +0100 From: robert.schofield@philips.com To: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Intel 820 chipset (Asus P3C)? Message-ID: <0056890007545459000002L992*@MHS>
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Avoid it like the plague, even if it s free. I820 is the much vaunted, = excessively buggy RAMBUS chipset.=20 A lot of manufacturers were caught out by the discovery of major memory= timing and cache reliability=20 problems when more than two RAMBUS slots were filled. Hence a number of the boards that were underway to delivery are now bei= ng dumped en masse as they are pretty much scrap and unsaleable - plus. if they are not popul= ated with RB SIMMs, you have about *zero* chance of a) actually getting any, since very few companies are = producing RAMBUS cards b) finding anyone willing to sell them as PC133 ramps up even if they had any in t= he first place c) buying them at prices anywhere below the price of a reasonable family car. Rob Schofield -- "Not quick, but brilliant!" - quote from a (good) friend. = To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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