From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 21 06:15:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA05023 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 06:15:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from camel.ethereal.net (camel.ethereal.net [206.79.74.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA05013 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 06:15:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mistwolf@camel.ethereal.net) Received: (from mistwolf@localhost) by camel.ethereal.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) id GAA29484; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 06:14:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19980921061410.A29467@ethereal.net> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 06:14:10 -0700 From: Jamie Norwood To: "James Johnson" , "Loic Mahe'" , Subject: Re: mixing RAM for FreeBSD ? References: <002801bde52e$3a527260$0101a8c0@flashpoint> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <002801bde52e$3a527260$0101a8c0@flashpoint>; from James Johnson on Mon, Sep 21, 1998 at 12:05:32AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Actually, refer to your mommy board manual; I have an Iwill board from a while back that has been cohabitating a SDRAM DIMM and 2 SIMMs for well over a year now; but the ASUS board in the game machine specifically says not to (The Iwill manual says it is OK.) When in doubt: RTFM :) Jamie > That is a hardware issue. DIMMS and SIMMS require different voltages, mixing > both would fry your board, cards, cpu and everything that makes it all cool > :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Loic Mahe' > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 12:04 AM > Subject: mixing RAM for FreeBSD ? > > > >Hello, > > > >I'm increasing the RAM for our FreeBSD box. Does FreeBSD allows to mix > >SIMM (EDO) and SDRAM ? > >The mother board (VX Pro 512k) doc says no, but perhaps is this only a > >Windows 95 limitation ? > >Thanks in advance. > > > >Loic Mahe > >-- > >+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > >TWAM Informatique www.twam.com > >tel/fax 05-61-24-65-66/66-30 mahe@twam.com > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message