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- From: johnt@ee.ubc.ca (john jay tanlimco)
- Subject: Re: 1x9 vs. 1x3 memory
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.225000.10048@ee.ubc.ca>
- Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
- References: <1992Sep9.180601.11141@unislc.uucp> <1992Sep11.164957.5227@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <18uu65INNo5v@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 22:50:00 GMT
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- In article <18uu65INNo5v@agate.berkeley.edu> shyguy@ocf.berkeley.edu (David S. Shy) writes:
- >(stuff deleted about 3 chip and 9 chip 1 meg simms)
- >>
- >>It should make no difference whatsoever: both types of simms are 1MB * 9 bits,
- >>just packaged differently. The result should be transparent to the computer.
- >
- >Well, I just upgraded my memory quite recently. What most of the people
- >told me is that mixing 3 chips and 9 chips is ok, as long as they are in
- >different banks. If you put 3 and 9's in the same bank, there might be
- >a problem because the the computer might try to register them in two
- >different ways. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- I'm not quite clear on what is meant by "register". I have 3 and 9 chips
- sitting on different banks, so I'm OK. I've heard some people are having
- problems when they are on the same bank. What exactly doesn't the computer
- like?
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