From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Nov 30 7:30:32 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 7138C37B401 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 07:30:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.inka.de (quechua.inka.de [193.197.184.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 528FE43E9C for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 07:30:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mailnull@mips.inka.de) Received: from kemoauc.mips.inka.de (uucp@) by mail.inka.de with gbsmtp id 18I9Zc-0003b4-00; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 16:30:28 +0100 Received: from kemoauc.mips.inka.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kemoauc.mips.inka.de (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAUEwki6085871 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 15:58:46 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mailnull@localhost.mips.inka.de) Received: (from mailnull@localhost) by kemoauc.mips.inka.de (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gAUEwjqb085870 for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 15:58:45 +0100 (CET) From: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) Subject: Re: PC133 memory in an 164SX? Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 14:58:45 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <3DE53296.6FE3B592@mindspring.com> <20021128110015.GJ35855@cicely8.cicely.de> Originator: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-alpha@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 Sten wrote: > The conclusion would seem to be, 512M ( aka 4x 128) > should work according to spec, but you might get lucky > with certain 256mb dimm's. The reasons why this luck occurs > are currently unknown :). I ordered another set of DIMMs, effectively from the same source, but PC100 and coincidentally these turned out to be double-sided. Success! >>>show config ... MEMORY 1024 MBytes of system memory Bank # Size Base Addr ------ ---------- --------- 0 512 MB 000000000 1 512 MB 020000000 Total Bad Pages = 0 Total Good Memory = 1024 MBytes ... If anybody in Germany wants to upgrade a PC164SX to 1GB right now, order Kingston 256MB SDRAM PC100 ECC CL2 memory (KVR100X72C2/256) from Mix or Alternate. Annoyingly, these cost half as much again as the corresponding (but one-sided) PC133 DIMMs. The Kingston part number looks very generic, so I wouldn't expect the exact type of memory to stay the same in time and space. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message