RE: Ram in 2500 series [7:6187]

2001-05-30 Thread Larry trav
From Crucial site: And 16MB is available for $ 60.00. FPM with parity, 4 or 16 MB single bank. What is parity memory? Parity modules have an extra chip that detects if data was correctly read or written by the memory module, depending on the type of error. However, a parity module will not

Ram in 2500 series [7:6187]

2001-05-29 Thread Larry trav
Newbie question, Re: 2500 series routers Is it true that any 72 pin DRAM Simm (eg.16mb) will work in these routers for the primary memory? Does it matter about the speed of the ram (60ns/70ns)? What is the largest size of ram that the router will take and still deliver a speed benefit? Assuming

Re: Ram in 2500 series [7:6187]

2001-05-29 Thread Eugene Nine
Not any memory, but memory that meets all the specs. I don't know for sure what all the specs are (someone told me it was parity memory). The 2500 wil do max of 16M. I dug through my parts box and started plugging in memory untill I found a 16M that worked. It makes sense that Cisco wouldn't

Re: Ram in 2500 series [7:6187]

2001-05-29 Thread Thomas
I just plugged in the Fast Page Mode, 72-pin with true parity and 60ns 16Mb of memory module. The router could not load the IOS at all. So I think the speed of the memory is different. I checked Crucial.com and found out that the memory for 2500 series is using 72-pin Fast page mode with

Re: Ram in 2500 series [7:6187]

2001-05-29 Thread Circusnuts
!!! Phil - Original Message - From: Thomas To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 8:50 PM Subject: Re: Ram in 2500 series [7:6187] I just plugged in the Fast Page Mode, 72-pin with true parity and 60ns 16Mb of memory module. The router could not load the IOS at all. So I think the speed