SUMMARY: Memory for a DEC Alpha 3000/300LX

From: Chander Ganesan <C_at_Asu.Edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 12:27:31 -0700 (MST)

The Question was:

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Hello!
        I've got a DEC Alpha 3000/300Lx and am interested in upgrading the
memory for it. According to the folks I spoke with a DEC it costs about
$2000.00 to buy 32 meg of ram for the board. The owners guide for the
alpha states that the board takes SIMMS (with the chips on both sides of
the board) . My question is, can I just buy a certain brand of SIMMS
(much cheaper) or is there something special about the DEC ram that I need ?

Thanks. Responses will be summarized.

-- 
Chander Ganesan
Information Technology
Arizona State University
C_at_asu.edu
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	Here's the summary.  Thanks to: 
Fabrice Cuq <fabrice_at_cisk.atmos.Ucla.EDU>
Mark Stover <mstover_at_lis.pitt.edu>
Roddy McColl <roddy_at_visual-ra.swmed.edu>
Craig Tenney <tenney_at_es.net>
Stephen Dowdy <dowdy_at_cs.colorado.edu>
Eugene Chu <chu_at_musp0.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>
"Mr. Jolt Cola" <msmith_at_quix.robins.af.mil>
Dave Carter <carter_at_lanl.gov>
"Chandra R. Chegireddy" <chandra_at_phys.ufl.edu>
"Anil Khullar, Computer Center" <Anil.Khullar_at_mailhub.gc.cuny.edu>
"Charles M. Richmond" <cmr_at_iisc.com>
Huw Davies <H.Davies_at_latrobe.edu.au>
Andrew Sheaff <sheaff_at_eece.maine.edu>
Peter Stern <peter_at_wiscpa.weizmann.ac.il>
bjw_at_anpnt22.anp.ansto.gov.au
Gerhard Nolte <gnolte_at_gwdg.de>
Flamand Laurent x <flamand_at_eclia2.ec-lille.fr>
Tom Barkanic <intrepid!tb_at_uunet.uu.net>
Calvin Chung <cchung_at_siwest.cts.com>
	Sorry if I left anyone out, as you can tell I got *a lot* of
responses :) .
	My ram costs will be a bit lower...and I know a bit more about how
the RAM in an Alpha works.  Basically, most people recommended Western
Scientific, and Kingston as a cheaper source of qulity RAM .  Also
mentioned was R-Squared, VisionTek, Cammington, and DataRam .
	I called WS and Kingston, both are loads cheaper than DEC .  As
for the chips being special, I got some notes from people that had used
regular SIMMS and some that told me that Alpha SIMMS are error correcting
so that not any kind will work. 
Thanks!
-- 
Chander Ganesan
Information Technology
Arizona State University
C_at_asu.edu

Received on Tue Jul 16 1996 - 21:42:55 NZST