[H-GEN] Compaq Proliant

[David Jericho]

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On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 10:28:32AM +1000, Tony Bilbrough wrote:
> My first question is
> where are the ecc edo unbuffered dimms different from the 'ordinary' 
> ones one tends to use. I tried slotting a 128 Mb 'ordinary' one in and 
> the machine just refused to boot.

The first answer is the ECC bit. ECC detects and corrects one bit
errors when writing memory. You can usually identify ECC SIMMs or
DIMMs because they have an odd number of chips.

"Ordinary" DIMMs also tend to be SDRAM, as opposed to EDO. Different
way of accessing the memory and all, but same packaging format. Search
on Ebay, you can usually pick up EDO DIMMs fairly easily.

> and secondly -
> Do any of you have spare 128 Mb ram sticks or cpu bits, to suit this 
> mobo. It really is a great looking machine.

I'd propose at the speed of 200MHz, it's not worth chasing upgraded
bits. I'd be contemplating using the otherwise great looking case, and
upgrading it to something a little more recent. Probably cheaper too.

-- 
David Jericho
Systems Administrator, Plugged In Software

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