Alpha hardware

[Marc Schlensog]

On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 13:36:43 -0500
"Smith, Todd" <Todd.Smith at camc.org> wrote:

> Hello Jay,
> 
> I only tried one module since that is all that I had, but I thought my
> UDB will boot to SRM with only a single 8MB module.  I just dragged it
> out and tested just a single SIMM and it never booted.  Maybe another
> 128MB SIMM module would do the trick!
> 
> Thanks for remembering some fundamental facts.  :)
> 
> Todd

Hi Todd,

you need two identical modules per bank. While it has never been
officially supported, the VX42 (and VX41 too, I guess) supposedly
recognizes 128MB modules in the first bank (and first bank only). The
second bank is limited to 64MB/module for a total of 384MB. Not bad :)

b.r.,

Marc