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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