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From: Bryan -TheBS- Smith <thebs@theseus.com>
To: elug-eluglist@elug.org, LINUX-L@LISTS.UFL.EDU
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:43:53 -0500
Cc: nelug@lists.lug.org.uk, leaplist@lists.leap-cf.org, svlug@svlug.org
Subject: [svlug] Supporting different memory sizes, types on different chipsets ...

Supporting different memory sizes, types on different chipsets ...

I have been personally asked about upgrading memory almost a
half-dozen times in the last week alone, both in person and via
E-mail.  Plus I've seen a couple posts on different lists usually
asking the same questions.  As such, I'd like to offer the following
post I recently made that tries to explain much of what I know:

   http://www.zepa.net/hypermail/elug/hardware/2001/01/0021.html

Of most "noteworthyness" is the table about half-way through the
post.  It breaks down the various "issues" with >128MB DIMMs
(note the very important _differences_ between Intel and non-Intel
chipsets), registered/unregistered, proprietary/vendor, etc... 
Note it is NOT just a simple matter of PC66/100/133 anymore.

I hope this helps other people who have been considering memory
upgrades, had issues with memory upgrades (especially to 256MB+
module sizes), etc...  Sorry for blasting all the lists, but I
thought this was something that a lot of people would be interested
in reading.


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