Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:01:10 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Sten <sten@blinkenlights.nl> Cc: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PC133 memory in an 164SX? Message-ID: <3DE53296.6FE3B592@mindspring.com> References: <arlui2$25u$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> <Pine.GSO.4.44-Blink.0211231348410.22117-100000@thea.blinkenlights.nl> <as2pal$i4a$2@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> <Pine.SOL.4.50.0211272020140.19206-100000@thea.blinkenlights.nl> <3DE52BB1.6C784A51@mindspring.com> <Pine.SOL.4.50.0211272142360.19206-100000@thea.blinkenlights.nl>
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Sten wrote: > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > > I have found that with certain chipsets, DIMMs with tin contacts > > work, but DIMMs with gold contacts do not. > > I don't think I have seen many/any dimm's with tin contacts. > Simm's is a quite different story. I bought my Alpha memory from IBM, based on it being intended for a PS/2 machine (I think). YMMV, of course. I understand that these days, it's hard to get anyhing that doesn't have gold-plated contacts, but that doesn't make the statement less true (sorry). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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