John Goerzen [jgoerzen@complete.org] wrote: > Hi, > > I have an AlphaPC 164LX system with 256MB RAM that I'm wanting to expand to > 512MB. I have tried to find out, on various Internet sites, just what kind > of RAM I need, and have found only conflicting information. Indeed, popping > in a standard PC133 DIMM from another PC was totally unrecognized by the > Alpha. > > Certain sites seem to indicate that the 164LX uses proprietary RAM, and > off-the-shelf stuff will not work. Others say that off-the-shelf stuff WILL > work, if chosen correctly. Can anyone help me out? > > Also, some sites say modules must be added in pairs, while others dispute > that. You must add modules in identical pairs. You need ECC SDRAM (PC100 or PC133 should be fine but it must be ECC). Cheers, Bob McElrath [Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Physics] "You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." -- Abbie Hoffman
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