12 May
2006
12 May
'06
2:21 p.m.
Friday, May 12, 2006, 10:28:05 PM, you wrote:
Yup... that's the problem. It's FPM to go with all the ARCS SGIs that
have 72pin "PS/2-memory" slots. No need for ECC RAM, no support for
EDO at all.
My understanding so far is that Indy and true R4K Indigo 2 share quite
a lot of concepts on the hardware level. R5K Indy is basically the
same machine, but with a different PROM and CPU. All these old
machines apparently can't go beyond 32MB per SIMM resulting in a max
of 256 MB for any Indy and 384 MB for R4K Indigo / Indigo 2.
Right from the start only the 64bit machines like R8000 or R10000
Indigo 2 support larger modules, leading to the GigaRAM Indigo 2 at
least.
Aside from the apparent great feeling of running a Crimson my
favourite for months is the R10000/195 High Impact Indigo 2 I have.
Runs not too hot, not too loud for my taste... and delivers decent
performance even under IRIX 6.5.$somewhat.
As for 24/7 business a R5000 Indy is my choice. Silent and with low
power profile, yet more than fast enough for what I do on my server on
a daily basis.
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Best regards,
Gerhard mailto:mail at g-lenerz.de
if the board
is expecting EDO and you put SDRAM in there
We are talking about PS/2 SIMMs. There
are no SDRAM PS/2 SIMMs, only FPM
and EDO. As the SIMMs work in a Indogo2 R10k I asume they are FPM and
that is what the Indy should accept. But it seems thay are just to big.