He needs 30 pin SIMMs. In 1992, the best you could get would have been a
hybrid, 4 72 pin and 4 30 pin SIMMs. He says they're all 1 meg, but he
didn't say there were two different sizes, so they'd all be the same, and
given the vintage of the board, they should all be 30 pin.
-----Original Message-----
From: zentara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: James (Jim) Hatridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, March 21, 1999 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] 30 or 72 pins???
>
>"James (Jim) Hatridge" wrote:
>>
>> Hi All;
>>
>> I was about to order 4Mb Ram chips yesterday when the order taker asked
me
>> which I wanted 30 or 72 pin chips.....
>>
>> Well, I don't know. Can anyone tell me how to tell which I need? I have a
>> "OPTI-486WB" motherboard that was made in 1992. It has 8 slots with 1MB
chips
>> in each now.
>>
>> Looking in the manual, one place it refers to the chips as "4MB SIM
DRAM",
>> another says "4M x 9 OF SIM" and yet another says "4M x 9,4 pcs". No
where
>> does it say anything about pins.
>>
>
>Whoh!!!!!!! 30 pin simms are almost obsolete.
>72 pin simms are getting there.
>The new standard are pc-100 compliant dimms.
>Look at your motherboard manual, you may need 30 pin,
>but they should be dirt cheap.
>30 pins simms are about 2.5 inches long ; and
>72 pin simms are about 4 inches long.
>Look at the slots on your motherboard.
>
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