From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 17 00:49:34 2004 Return-Path: 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 0E4AE16A4CE for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 00:49:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from slacknet.slacknet.com (slacknet.slacknet.com [204.228.135.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E050F43D39 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 00:49:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rj45@slacknet.com) Received: from rj45 (helo=localhost) by slacknet.slacknet.com with local-esmtp (Exim 4.30 #1 (Debian)) id 1B3Wjx-0006Da-5H for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 01:49:29 -0700 Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 01:49:29 -0700 (MST) From: RJ45 To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Subject: help: ram modulkes problem with XP1000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 08:49:34 -0000 sorry for the off topic not NetBSD related question... I have purchased 4 RAM modules last week from Crucial. 4x256MB 168 pin DIMM SDRAM PC100 ECC to install them on a Compaq XP1000 machine. I Removed from my machine the 8X64MB I had and installed the 4x256MB new modules. RAM does not work, when machine starts it keeps beeping like if no RAM were present. I Tryed to add the 4 old RAM modules in the 4 left empty sockets. Thus 4x256MB + 4x64MB but same does not work. It works only with the old RAM and with all the 8 sockets filled. The old RAM filling 4 sockets does not work as well. BAsically I am not able to make XP1000 work with less than 8 modules loaded.... Do I need to have all the sockets filled with same modules capacity ?? IT looks weird.... Do I need to reset something in the SRM before installing new ram ? any hints ? thanks Rick