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Article #888Adding RAM, what's all this with exception 2 and 3 ?
From: Otto J. Makela
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 15:43
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 15:43
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I've been mucking around with my mono NeXTstation, trying to add memory. I initially had eight 8bit x 1M 100ns SIMMs in there (I was a bit surprised to notice the 100ns bit -- I thought one should have 70ns to get max speed from the speed-detecting memory system). I removed all SIMMs, then put in four 9bit x 4M 70ns SIMMs. All is well, 16M of memory. I add in four of the old SIMMs to get an even 20M of memory. It works, but the memory test says 100ns. I guess it has to run all banks at the same speed. I pull the old SIMMs to see if this is true. Exception 2. Exception 3. What's all this ? I put the old SIMMs back in place. 20M of 100ns memory, again. So, how the %$*#@! is one supposed to configure this thing ? What's supposed to work, and what's not ? Is there a section in the built-in manual (or NeXTanswers) that deals with this ? PS. For some reason, the power key doesn't work from the ROM monitor. It tries to shutdown, then dies with some obscure exception. -- /* * * Otto J. Makela <otto@jyu.fi> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ /* Phone: +358 41 613 847, BBS: +358 41 211 562 (V.32bis/USR-HST,24h/d) */ /* Mail: Kauppakatu 1B18/SF-40100 Jyvaskyla/Finland, ICBM: 62.14N25.44E */ /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!convex!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!news.univie.ac.at!hp4at!mcsun!news.funet.fi!network.jyu.fi!tukki!otto From: otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) Subject: Adding RAM, what's all this with exception 2 and 3 ? Message-ID: <OTTO.92Oct15174303@tukki.jyu.fi> Sender: otto@jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance Company Distribution: comp Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 15:43:03 GMT Lines: 24