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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!olivea!hookup!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!symiserver2.symantec.com!usenet From: tedm@agora.rdrop.com Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: HELP: Can I mix memory speeds Date: 13 Jul 1996 09:46:54 GMT Organization: Symantec Corporation Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4s7rae$m3a@symiserver2.symantec.com> References: <4rbvq2$34i@news.enterprise.net> <4re1ii$14f5@newsgate.sps.mot.com> <31DAA423.75FEABEE@uiuc.edu> <31E07EA8.66E140D7@henge.com> <31E6880E.408D@nome.net> Reply-To: tedm%toybox@agora.rdrop.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.6.34.1 X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.hardware:44368 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:159165 comp.os.os2.setup.misc:17184 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:23437 In <31E6880E.408D@nome.net>, Ramon Gandia <nsrfg@nome.net> writes: [memory explanation deleted] >It is best to buy EDO. No No No!!! EDO memory is non-parity. If your MB supports parity, it is best to buy parity memory. (unfortunately, the toy versions of the Triton chipset don't) Stealing Paul Vixie's words: "Using non-parity memory on a Unix system is like hanging a `kick me' sign on your backside" [begin crossposting potshot] Of course, originating in a Windoze group this should be expected, since the OS probably won't be up long enough to ever see a parity error [end potshot] Ted