RE: Dimms in a 170

Well, ya know, it kinda goes back to the days when I used to tinker in
electronics (started out in broadcast/audio engineering).  We called it
the "smoke test"....:)

Don in DC

On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Shaw, David wrote:

> Don,
> 
> Actually, that might not be as crazy an experiment as it first sounds.  If you
> got DIMMS for a high-end server with error correction and so forth (that's
> probably what David Bulog got for his Alpha) it might very well work fine.  
>Even
> if it didn't work, I'll bet the /400 wouldn't actually die from it - it would
> probably just shut it off and let you know that Service needed to look at it.
> 
> I don't think I'll try it on our 620, though - production machine, y' know.
> 
> Dave Shaw
> Spartan Mills
> Spartanburg, SC
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don [mailto:dr2@cssas400.com]
> 
> Well, I've got a interesting reply:  WHy not just go down to your local
> Compusa and buy a few meg of 168 dimms and plug them in!?  Uh, I'ld
> suggest you backup your entire system before, AND if anything goes wrong,
> put the OLD memory back in BEFORE calling support...:)
> 
> DOn in DC...
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