(OT) Sgi Indy - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

18 Jul 2001

On Jul 18, 13:24, r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:
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  On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Pete Turnbull wrote:

  What's special about the RAM for a
Sparcstation 5 ? 
 They're 5 volt, buffered, parity DIMMs. The only popular system that used
 5 volt buffered DIMMs were the old PowerMacs, which don't use parity.

 Even beyond that, there's something else about them. I tried using
 SPARCstation 5 DIMMs in my Apple Network Server (also wanting 5 volt
 buffered parity DIMMs) and the ANS completely refused to see them. That
 was disappointing since SS5 RAM is infinitely more abundant, but oh well.
 I haven't tried the reverse test yet (whether ANS RAM will work in the
 SS5). 
Ah, I see.  I had assumed they were SIMMS, but I'd never opened up a SS5.
 How many pins on the DIMMs?

And I see there was some prolonged discussion about the right DIMMs to use
in Sunblades, on the Sun newsgroups recently.  They seem to be a bit of a
minefield.  I know the ones SGI use in, eg O2s, are "odd" as well.

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York