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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!svc.portal.com!news1.best.com!shellx.best.com!blob.best.net!not-for-mail From: dillon@best.com (Matt Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Parity SIMMS really necessary? Date: 11 Dec 1995 17:06:48 -0800 Organization: Best Internet Communications, Inc. (info@best.com) Lines: 35 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4aikj8$p44@blob.best.net> References: <49lbnr$4fq@interport.net> <49qabp$efi@zuul.nmti.com> <4a2fug$b0u@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> <4a7kbb$8uj@overload.lbl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: blob.best.net :In article <4a7kbb$8uj@overload.lbl.gov>, :Jin Guojun[ITG] <jin@eubie.lbl.gov> wrote: :>In article <4a2fug$b0u@cnn.nas.nasa.gov>, :>Keith C. Thompson <thompson@sun446.nas.nasa.gov> wrote: :>>In article <49qabp$efi@zuul.nmti.com> peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: :>>>In article <49lbnr$4fq@interport.net> David Tay <davidtay@interport.net> wrote: :>>>> I'm currently using FreeBSD with parity simms. There's a $50-$100 :>>>> difference with parity SIMMs. I would like to save some money and use :>>>> non-parity SIMMs. :... :>This is correct. The thing is going up and down. :>The new motherboards are made to run at NO-parity environment. :>The silicon technology is better and better. Current memory chips :>are very reliable. Once they are installed, they almost live forever, :>unless you overheat or throw electrical static on them. :>Back to 15-20 years ago, parity is not required for memory. So for the later. Yah, but motherboards, especially clone motherboards, are getting pretty shoddy from a design standpoint. Not to mention that while the chips themselves are getting better, the massive competition is leading to memory SIMMs being sold that would otherwise go into the garbage bin. Without that parity, it's near impossible to trace down a recuring crash on a system... you can't tell whether it's the program or the memory. No thanks... I'll take the parity. It's a good a check on your whole memory subsystem. -Matt -- Matthew Dillon Engineering, BEST Internet Communications, Inc. <dillon@best.net> [always include a portion of the original email in any response!]