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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) 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 Followup-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 16 Jul 1996 10:29:06 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4sfnd2$9v@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4rbvq2$34i@news.enterprise.net> <4re1ii$14f5@newsgate.sps.mot.com> <31DAA423.75FEABEE@uiuc.edu> <31E07EA8.66E140D7@henge.com> <31E6880E.408D@nome.net> <4s7rae$m3a@symiserver2.symantec.com> <khaley.837442607@gmi.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.hardware:44726 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:160478 comp.os.os2.setup.misc:17320 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:23794 Kevin Haley (khaley@nova.gmi.edu) wrote: : tedm@agora.rdrop.com writes: : >Stealing Paul Vixie's words: "Using non-parity memory on a Unix system is : >like hanging a `kick me' sign on your backside" [.....] : I've : been using non-parity memory with Linux for over a year now and I've never : come across parity errors or even system crashes even when compiling : programs or re-compiling the kernel. [.....] I've been using non-IDE disks in my machine, and I've never had an IDE error.... wierd isn't it :-) -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....