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- From: beesoar@primenet.com (Bill Sorrell)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: SIMMs are different, but not quite. (?)
- Date: 23 Mar 1996 18:13:02 -0700
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- >On 21 Mar 1996, Jurjen Oskam wrote:
-
- >>
- >> 1) not one single memorytester available can detect any error in either
- >> SIMM,
- >> 2) both SIMMs are of equal size (4 MB) and speed (60 ns),
- >> 3) this problem persists on different brands of turboboards for the A1200,
- >> 4) the SIMMs A and B are different brands.
- >>
-
- >I think the problem might be that the SIMMs are of different brands. I
- >never heard of anyone who have had this problem on the AMiga, but at
- >least on the PC platform (no suprise there) it is usually not a good idea
- >to put SIMMs of different brands in the same memory bank....
- ^^^---------------------^^^^^---------^^^
- >TK
-
- The configuration of the chips on the SIMM could have something to do with it
- to. On the newest Compaq's (yes, highly rated PeeCee's), you can't use certain
- 8-chip 4-meg SIMM's, they will only use the 2-chip variety without crashing.
-
- Bill
- Diehard Amigan working as a P.C. tech (sigh)
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