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authorwilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org>2002-06-01 08:10:06 +0000
committerwilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org>2002-06-01 08:10:06 +0000
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AlphaPC164 can have 1Gbyte of RAM using 8x 128MB SIMMs
Obtained from: Usenet posting by lbohan@spamless..dbc.com
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@@ -1344,11 +1344,13 @@ cpu EV4</programlisting>
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- <para>Using 8 SIMMs for a 256bit wide memory can yield interesting
- speedups over a 4 SIMM/128bit wide memory. Obviously all 8 SIMMs must
- be of the same type to make this work. The system must be explicitly
- setup to use the 8 SIMM memory arrangement. You must have 8 SIMMs,
- 4 SIMMs distributed over 2 banks will not work.</para>
+ <para>Using 8 SIMMs for a 256bit wide memory can yield interesting
+ speedups over a 4 SIMM/128bit wide memory. Obviously all 8 SIMMs must
+ be of the same type to make this work. The system must be explicitly
+ setup to use the 8 SIMM memory arrangement. You must have 8 SIMMs,
+ 4 SIMMs distributed over 2 banks will not work. For the AlphaPC164
+ you can have a maximum of 1Gbyte of RAM, using 8 128Mbyte
+ SIMMs. The manual indicates the maximum is 512 Mbyte.</para>
<para>The SRM can boot from Qlogic 10xx boards or the Symbios 53C810[A].
Newer Symbios 810 revisions like the Symbios 810AE are not recognized by
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