Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 09:41:44 -0600 From: Richard Dabney <rdabney@lasg.com> To: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AXP pci/33 & memory question Message-ID: <37DA7838.B887D97@lasg.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9909110308250.12279-100000@jason.argos.org>
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I has to have parity memory and these are the symptoms of not having it. I have a 233 that I overclock to 266 and it's still real slow. A 166 w/o cache? I would wait three weeks so you can see how slow this thing really is. RD Mike Nowlin wrote: > > Just inherited a pci/33 board -- 21066 @ 166MHz, no cache RAM installed... > (Not the fastest thing on the planet, but it was free...:) > > I know this board takes 70ns 72-pin parity RAM -- I'm fresh outta parity > RAM right now unless I steal some from one of the other machines, which > really isn't an option for about three weeks... > > I tried to put some non-parity RAM on it just for kicks, and it appears to > be dead -- doesn't do much at all - no PCI video card init, no speaker > beeps, no nuthin'. Same results as if I had no memory in it at all... > > Is this normal?? (Should I go spend the $80 to get some parity RAM for a > board that might not work anyway?) > > mike > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Richard Dabney Los Alamos Systems Group 901 Rio Grande Blvd. NW #561 Albuquerque, NM 87104 USA rdabney@lasg.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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