From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Mar 21 19: 5:40 2003 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 EEC6137B401 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 19:05:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from wall.polstra.com (wall-gw.polstra.com [206.213.73.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AED943F85 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 19:05:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h2M35YJL037116 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Fri, 21 Mar 2003 19:05:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@vashon.polstra.com) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h2M35YNE000680; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 19:05:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 19:05:34 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200303220305.h2M35YNE000680@vashon.polstra.com> To: alpha@freebsd.org From: John Polstra Cc: will@csociety.org Subject: Re: RAM for a DEC PWS 433au? In-Reply-To: <20030321231205.GB983@procyon.firepipe.net> References: <20030321231205.GB983@procyon.firepipe.net> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA 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 In article <20030321231205.GB983@procyon.firepipe.net>, Will Andrews wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know what kind of RAM these machines take? I am > getting conflicting reports: > > 1) It takes normal ECC SDRAM, and would be fine with ECC PC100. > 2) It's a special form of ECC SDRAM with a slight physical > extension of some sort; it works in both Alphas and normal ECC > SDRAM slots, but normal ECC SDRAM doesn't work in alpha slots. > > Before I attempt to obtain more memory for a 433au, I was hoping > to get some enlightenment here. I have no personal knowledge about this, but if you go to www.crucial.com and enter "433au" into the "product search" type-in, you get this match: http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.asp?mtbpoid=EACF72A78C0EB3BE&CPE=IL6609&WSMD=Personal%20Workstation%20433au&WSPN=CT142820 John -- John Polstra John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message