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- From: eckert@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com
- Subject: Re: 3-chip vs 9-chip SIMMs?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.124409.1@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com>
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- References: <Bz9M37.I40@inews.Intel.COM> <28552@oasys.dt.navy.mil> <1gm7hbINNk3v@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Dec17.112737.2243@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:44:09 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec17.112737.2243@global.hacktic.nl>, peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
- > shyguy@ocf.berkeley.edu (David S. Shy) writes:
- >
- > Not on all computers! The problem is that the 3 chip SIMMs have a refresh cycle
- > that differs from the 9 chip SIMMs. Older motherboards can run into problems
- > when they can't refresh the 3 chip SIMMs properly. Newer motherboards don't
- > have this problem, as most of them support but the 9 chip and 3 chip versions.
- Does this mean my 386sx with the "NEAT" chip set will or will not work with
- 3 chip simms?
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