On Tue, 2004-06-08 05:46:54 -0600, Ryan Kirkpatrick wrote in message : > 16Mbit in size. The SIMMs are parity (from the chip count). There is also So they have an extra parity bit... > a sticker on one of chips that has '3163667/23BT S023039 64MB'. I was told > they came out of a Compaq Proliant server (don't know the model). All of > this seems to indicate they _should_ be compatible with the XLTs. > > One XLT366 is able to post AlpahBIOS with either four or eight of these > SIMMs installed, and the memory count is either 256MB or 512MB > respectively. Yet, when I boot Linux, I get an endless stream of ECC > errors and corrections, slowing the system down so badly Linux is never > able to fully boot. AlphaBIOS version is 5.66. ...but ECC requires more than one:) > Lastly, I tested them in a Sparc LX (which also takes 72pin parity > SIMMs). I installed the maximum of six SIMMs (384MB), and it was able to > see the maximum 96MB it supports. Furthermore it was able to boot and run > Linux without issue. It appears that as long as the SIMMs are not fully > utilized they work fine. When fully utilized, they just don't work. As I said, parity != ECC. MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! | im Irak! ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA));