We currently have a pretty well-behaved server, but are trying to
increase the memory. We purchased a kit (8 16 MB SIMMS) from Kingston,
and have tried to integrate them in every possible permutation with some
or none of the existing 16 4 MB SIMMS.
When the machine is not fully populated it fails to boot at all. When it
is populated with a combination of 16 and 4 MB SIMMS, it boots, but then
gets memory errors at testing and wont boot DU.
What I now suspect the case to be is that the machine needs to be fully
populated with like SIMMS. For our example, to get 128 MB we would need
16 8 MB SIMMS, not the 8 16 MB SIMMS we purchased. Furthermore, the 16
MB SIMMS cannot be combined with half the existing 4 MB SIMMS to give us
a total of 160 MB.
The only other possibility that we haven't tried is to insert the 2 4
SIMM daughter cards unpopulated.
Can anyone confirm this? Digital and Kingston have not been able to so
far, and I just want to stop banging my head against the wall.
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan Rodgers
Systems Manager
Research and Instructional Biocomputing Services
University of California, Los Angeles
Received on Sat Dec 20 1997 - 22:18:05 NZDT