From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 17 01:11:11 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 633E716A4CE for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 01:11:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from slacknet.slacknet.com (slacknet.slacknet.com [204.228.135.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4987C43D2F for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 01:11:11 -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 1B3X4w-0006Rr-Uo for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 02:11:10 -0700 Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 02:11:10 -0700 (MST) From: RJ45 To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Subject: Re: 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 09:11:11 -0000 problem solved. they must be installed in interleaved mode... sorry for disturbing the list. Actually this was written in ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/5.2-RELEASE/HARDWARE.HTM Rick On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, RJ45 wrote: > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >