[260] in NetBSD-Development
Re: Lola-Granola RAM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Danilo D Almeida)
Sat Dec 10 15:19:12 1994
To: Charles_Frankston@frankston.com
Cc: ghudson@MIT.EDU, netbsd-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 10 Dec 1994 10:46:00 -0400."
<199412101550.AA26899@world.std.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 15:18:55 EST
From: Danilo D Almeida <dalmeida@MIT.EDU>
>>> The Dell Optiplex SIMMs are not standard.
>>
>>Does this mean we won't be able to use standard 72-pin SIMMs in a Dell
>>Optiplex machine, or just that we won't be able to use the SIMMs
>>currently in lola-granola on other machines?
>>
>>If it's the latter, there's no problem. If it's the former, then I
>>guess we'll be adding some memory to the Power Mac.
>
>The latter is the only direction I have tested. The SIMMs that shipped with
>our Optiplex, although physically compatible, would not work on any other
>system in my office. It may be a fair assumption that standard SIMMs
>wouldn't work in the Optiplex either, but I didn't try that.
How about calling Dell Tech Support and checking what the Optiplex memory
specs are? Just make sure you know the number that's on the sticker on the
back of the machine. They ask that so that they can bring up info on your
machine (with the config you bought).
I really can't imagine why the SIMMs would not work...except perhaps because
of parity problems or improper bank configuration. (I imagine that all the
RAM involved was 70ns so speed was probably not an issue.)
