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- From: steve@europa.esd.sgi.com (Loopy - the spineless boy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: Memory upgrades for R4000 Indigos
- Message-ID: <nll83i8@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 16:51:19 GMT
- References: <1992Jul17.204254.6599@microunity.com> <1992Jul21.004035.27345@donau.et.tudelft.nl> <ni8gmg8@zuni.esd.sgi.com> <grl.711852048@groucho> <nl5fhtg@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
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- In <nl5fhtg@zuni.esd.sgi.com> olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) writes:
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- >In <grl.711852048@groucho> grl@brb.dmt.csiro.au (Greg Lehmann) writes:
- >| Are the SIMMs the same as used in the new Crimson? How many pins do they
- >| have? Are there any special rules about installing them like having to do
- >| it in pairs?
-
- >No, the SIMMs are not the same as Crimson. The SIMMs are 36 bits
- >wide, and have to be installed in multiples of 4 (that is, you have
- >to fill a bank at a time with SIMMs of the same size).
-
- >I'd have to go count the number of contacts; I don't know off the
- >top of my head.
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- 72 pin SIMMs. Same as PS/2 and HP Vectra. Any 80ns, 72 pin, 36bit wide
- SIMMs should work (especially ones with Toshiba DRAM, the model used to
- design the DRAM controller). Of course, only SIMMs bought thru SGI are
- guaranteed to work %^>
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