From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Feb 24 10:51:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA15487 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 10:51:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gatekeeper.itribe.net (gatekeeper.itribe.net [209.49.144.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA15479 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 10:51:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jamie@itribe.net) Message-Id: <199802241847.NAA19333@gatekeeper.itribe.net> Received: forwarded by SMTP 1.5.2. Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 13:53:13 -0500 (EST) From: Jamie Bowden To: Susie Ward cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mainboard recomendation needed In-Reply-To: <199802241508.JAA04330@voltage.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Susie Ward wrote: > At 08:45 AM 2/24/98 -0500, Jamie Bowden wrote: > >I have an FIC PA-2007, and am very happy with it. It will cache up 256M, > >but only supports 64M DIMMs, so if you want more than 128M, you have to do > >it with SIMMs. > > I guess it's not possible to mix SIMMs and DIMMs? I've read different > things about different boards on this topic, but never found any info on > the PA-2007 about this. It can be done, it's not recommended unless your DIMMs are the same speed and type as your SIMMs, and I am not sure how recommended it is then. The FIC manual has charts on how to mix SIMMs and DIMMs if you choose to do so. -- Jamie Bowden Systems Administrator, iTRiBE.net If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message