From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 27 13: 2:50 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 649BE37B401 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:02:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net (mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA87A43EBE for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:02:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from pool0147.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.192.147] helo=mindspring.com) by mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18H9KY-0003p4-00; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:02:46 -0800 Message-ID: <3DE53296.6FE3B592@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:01:10 -0800 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sten Cc: Christian Weisgerber , freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PC133 memory in an 164SX? References: <3DE52BB1.6C784A51@mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Sten wrote: > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > > I have found that with certain chipsets, DIMMs with tin contacts > > work, but DIMMs with gold contacts do not. > > I don't think I have seen many/any dimm's with tin contacts. > Simm's is a quite different story. I bought my Alpha memory from IBM, based on it being intended for a PS/2 machine (I think). YMMV, of course. I understand that these days, it's hard to get anyhing that doesn't have gold-plated contacts, but that doesn't make the statement less true (sorry). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message