Re: Linux doesn't work on Alpha Multia with different ram speed?

[Rick Windham <rick chapwin com>]

On Sun, 31 May 1998, Mike "Ford" Ditto wrote:

> Many (probably most) motherboards require that all memory be the same
> speed.  I'm pretty sure the Multia is like that.  Mixed speeds will
> result in sporadic memory errors.  Unix or Linux will show problems
> pretty quickly in that situation, but on a more primitive operating
> system the problem might not show up right away or just get lost in the
> "normal" crashes that happen even with good memory.

Multia's can be even more finicky than that.  I have two sets of 36-bit
SIMMs same speed but different makers and I used to get a large number of
lca machine checks long word unrecoverable.

-Rick
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