Max. memory on 164LX (Re: SELINUX etc.)

[Jay Estabrook]

As with all mobo docs, they aren't often updated beyond a certain
point, and what appears in them (as limits) may be only what's
readily available AND tested at that time.

I've been running an LX with 1GB happily for years, and I've seen
reports of many many others as well. The problem early on was
that most of the DIMMs were tall (chips in 2x9 rows on both sides)
and many enclosures were not deep enough. Not the "case" (pun
intended) any longer... :-)

And yes, ECC is fine, but I think "registered" is not... ???

--Jay++

Kazuyoshi Furutaka wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> From: Kazuyoshi Furutaka <furutaka at jb3.so-net.ne.jp>
> Subject: SELINUX etc. (Re: Fedora 8-based distro for Alpha CD Announcement)
> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:16:06 +0900 (JST)
> 
>> 3. How much memory can be installed in 164LX machines?
>>    I have two 164LX machines, one with 512MB (Debian etch)
>>    and the other with 384MB (the Fedora-8 based), and I'd
>>    like to have more memory capacity if possible.
> 
> From: Jay Estabrook <Jay.Estabrook at hp.com>
> Subject: Re: SELINUX etc. (Re: Fedora 8-based distro for Alpha CD Announcement)
> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:00:01 -0400
> 
>> 3. I think the max was 1GB total, 256MB per DIMM.
> 
> Thanks Jay.
> 
> According to a product brief from Alpha Processor Inc. of
> the motherboard (attached to this mail), the maximum
> is 1GB, but it's the only one that says so.
> (www.alphalinux.org/firmware/api/LX/164LX.PDF)
> 
> "Digital Semiconductor AlphaPC 164LX Motherboard Product
> Brief" which is found on
>   http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/technology/chip-docs.html,
> as well as "AlphaPC 164LX Motherboard Technical Reference Manual"
> (EC–R46WC–TE) found on the same page, on the contrary, says
> "up to 512MB", and I'm wondering which is correct.
> 
> I got 4 256MB memory which will be delivered in a few days,
> and I'll experiment using them.
> 
> Yours,
> Kazuyoshi
> --
> Kazuyoshi Furutaka
> furutaka at jb3.so-net.ne.jp
> 
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