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- From: jdickins@mcs213i.cs.umr.edu (James Dickinson)
- Subject: Re: Mix of 3-chip and 9-chip simms with OS/2
- References: <L7VqVB5w165w@qed.cts.com> <1992Dec16.183445.26849@actrix.gen.nz>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 05:38:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec16.183445.26849@actrix.gen.nz> Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
- >In article <L7VqVB5w165w@qed.cts.com> pyrite@qed.cts.com (Sean Camanyag) writes:
- >> With the Service Pack installed, I get a lot of trap errors, around 8-10,
- >> sometimes more, per day. People at IBM NSC BBS have put the blame on my mix
- >> of 4 3-chip 1mb simms, and 4 9-chip 1mb simms. This is UNACCEPTABLE,
- >> considering that with GA + separately downloaded fixes, I have not had ANY
- >> trap errors. My question is, will this be fixed by the next release coming
- >> soon? Or am I the only one having this problem? I would like to start using
- >> the Trident 32bit drivers but the Service Pack's numerous trap errors
- >> discourage me from leaving GA again. It seems in fixing some problems, the
- >> Service Pack has put more serious problems in their place.
- >
- >A friend of mine had the same problem. He went back to the shop he got the
- >9-chip simms from and simply swapped them for some 3-chip simms (I knew the
- >vendor needed the 9-chippers for the 486-50's because the 3-chippers cause
- >lock-ups in the fast PC's).
- >
- >His TRAP problems disappeared completely as soon as he made his RAM uniform.
- >It is a basic rule that mixing RAM is something you try and get away
- >with.....not recommended practice.
- >
- >Mixing RAM has always been a no-no. The consequences may be unacceptable to
- >you.....but the solution is pretty clear. BTW.....now is the time to re-sell
- >your 4 meg of odd RAM (whichever 4 you choose) because the US duty fight with
- >the Koreans has pushed the price of RAM up a bit.....you should be able to
- >recover most of the cost of the 4 new Megs.
- >
- I have been using 70 nsec 1MB simms and 60 nsec 4MB simms ( 20 MB total )
- for 4 months now without any problems whatsoever.
-
- >Steve
- >--
- >Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand | On Sept. 19th, 88% of NZ voters opted
- >Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz | for proportional representation. It
- >+64 4 478 4714 | looks like we may get a more
- >**** Happy user of OS/2 v2!! **** | democratic system "real soon now".
-
- Jim
-