From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 19 14:21:14 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BFA137B401 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:21:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BDB043E42 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:21:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAJML8Bt000369; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 23:21:08 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gAJML7T2000368; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 23:21:07 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 23:21:07 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Sten Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alphastation 500 Message-ID: <20021119232107.A350@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from sten@blinkenlights.nl on Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:44:47PM +0100 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:44:47PM +0100, Sten wrote: > > Just wondering if someone could update the fbsd alpha > hardware guide to reflect the fact that the alphastation > 500 does NOT use regular ecc sdram dimms, ( this > one just caught me big time ). It does. It does not use SDRAM DIMMs if that is what you mean. But EDO/FP based DIMMs are also an industry standard. > My current guess is that it uses 5v edo/fp dimms. > ( based on the difference in the notches, and the > fact that 5v only exists for fp/edo ). I just checked the User Information manual and that says you need sets of 4 DIMMs. > Though no-one really seems to know :(. > > If someone knows the memory type then I'd like > to know because it would save me loads of time > chasing down the original stuff. Well, they definitely use buffered DIMMs, I have some sitting here on my desk (my AS500 was borrowed by a friend). In case you want to research if they are EDO or FPM, the chips on the DIMMs are SEC KM44C4000AS-6 Given that the AS600 uses FPM (to the best of my knowledge) I guess AS500 has FPM as well (but I could be wrong). W/ -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message