Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 02:00:11 -0400 From: Brodie Hynes <bsdml@comphydro.com> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Digital Server 3305 question Message-ID: <0106270200110L.08457@orca.brodie.hn.org>
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This is a hardware question about the Digital Server 3305. I am running FreeBSD 4.2 quite happily on the box, but before I move it into a more central role (other than gateway), I'd like to add more RAM and here's where I run into a problem. (DEC Server 3305 is the NT brother of the AS800/500) Specs say it takes 168pin 60ns 3.3v ecc EDO dimms, mode: non-interleaved block. http://www4.support.compaq.com/products/retired/svr_3300_specs.asp Does anyone have any experience adding ram to this machine? do standard 168pin edo ecc dimms work, or do you have to get the special Digital/Crucial kits? Crucial 1GB kit for this box: $3419 http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?model=DIGITAL+Server+3000+Series+3305R&x=12&y=10 4 pieces of 256mb 168pin 60ns 3.3v buffered ecc EDO dimms (ct32m72e4b6) also from crucial: $396 http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.asp?imodule=CT32M72E4B6 (for the record, Compaq's price for 1x256mb edo dimm is $3500) Crucial doesn't list ram for the AS800. The crucial folks say These modules are different. The 3305 requires a specially designed module. The CT32M72E4B6 will not work. The Compaq tech support says: go for the cheap chips, documentation he has doesn't speak to anything special about the chips. Can mix speed (50/60ns), just don't mix manuf. within the block. (or so the docs he read said) Unfortunately the two tech supports contradict. Has anyone else tried this or have any experience/knowledge about adding ram to a 3305 or AS800/500? Respectfully, Brodie Hynes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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