Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 19:05:54 -0800 From: Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net> To: tom@sdf.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with Tyan Tomcat IV Message-ID: <199712150305.TAA09724@monk.via.net>
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> Also, how chips are on the 64MB SIMMs? Most motherboards can only >handle SIMMs with 24 chips or less, but every time I've ordered 64MB >SIMMs, I gotten unusable SIMMs. > > On large memory configurations, ALWAYS use parity RAM. We've had excellent results with Transcend and Centon ram. Even the 64Meg simms (using 64M chips) work reliably. The 64M simms made up of 16M parts are unusable. You may be able to put two or four in your system, but no more than that. They load the bus too much. joe
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