Jay Estabrook wrote:
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> Just so I'm clear on this, you've tried 512MB DIMMS with no luck on SX?
No pentium computer which worth a price of one 512MB memory
stick here sorry. I presumed that if it is possible it would hjave been
known by now. Let's see, just to make it clear, can I infer that no
single Compaq Alpha engineer ever took a couple of 512MB sticks
from colleague's table and plugged them into SX or LX or other older
Alpha ???????? [beep] [beep] and [beep] I would say, engineers
of "high-performance" computers, sh*t ! Compaq managers are
frequently bashed in this and other lists and for the reasons, but
it have never crossed my mind before that Alpha engineers are so
totally in a lack of imagination too.
>
> > I'm not sure I understand what you're saying here..but still the SX is
> > limited to 1Gig. I do not think that's a function of the fact that only
> > 256MB DIMMs were available when the docs were written, I think it's a
> > limitation of the chipset. Also keep in mind that possibly the
pentiums of
> > today can use 512MB Dimms, but the SX is several years old.
>
> It's not really a matter of the docs, but a matter of what was available
> to be tested against the memory-configuring code in the SROM.
>
> It *may* do the right thing with things bigger than it was tested
> against, but YMMV and Caveat Emptor and good luck.
Thanks for the explanation and for the wishes, I'll need it. I'm arranging to
test
my SX with 512MB sticks now myself, will post what will come out from this.