[ale] memory questions

[Greg]

Crucial. Never had a problem and they had RAM for a Sun box that was
considerably less than Sun's price. www.crucial.com

Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of Bjorn
> Dittmer-Roche
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 4:01 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: [ale] memory questions
>
>
> Hey all,
>
>  	I've decided it's time to upgrade memory on both my mac and my
> FreeBSD server. I really want nice RAM because of past experiences [1]
> so any general advice is appreciated in addition to specific answers:
>
> * My G4 450MHz crashes occasionally (frequently under heavy load)
> and I am
> suspecting it's the RAM (I bought the machine used, and I am writing my
> own software, so really it could be anything, but I want to rule
> out RAM).
> Is Apple the best vendor?
>
> * My FreeBSD server has a paltry 256. It's vanilla ram, but it
> works great
> so in this case I'd like to augment rather than replace it. The MoBo
> manual says I need PC1600 or PC2100 DDR SDRAM. Can I buy registered ECC
> RAM and expect it to play nice with the MoBo and existing RAM or
> do I need
> to replace? Will the mobo even work with ECC if it doesn't say
> so? I can't
> remember the speed of my existing RAM, is that an issue?
>
>
> TIA!
>
>  	bjorn
>
> [1] I inherited a machine once that kept crashing. Couldn't figure it out
> until finally I checked the bios and discovered that ***RAM had been
> overclocked***. Not the ram's fault, but it makes me want to be extra
> careful.
>
>
> -------------------
> Bjorn Dittmer-Roche
> XO Audio LLC
>
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