(Fwd) Re: DIMM-RAM for the 755CX?

[eyrich@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Christoph Eyrich)]

> Sorry, the DIMM memory modules do not work in the 755CX.  I ordered 
> and received one from IBM PC-Direct (16MB).  Although it fits 
> physically, the DIMM modules are non-parity and the 755CX needs 
> parity memory (or vice-versa, can't remember).  When I discovered 
> this, I called IBM and spoke with one of the design engineers who 
> said this was indeed true, so I returned the DIMM for a 16MB DRAM 
> card instead.  IBM has (supposedly) since updated the sales/order 
> system to let the sales people know that 755CX<->DIMM are 
> incompatible.
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> Jim Lee				Diamond Quest Consulting
> leejim@peak.org			30563 Ridge St
> http://www.peak.org/~leejim	Lebanon, OR 97355
> 

I just phoned the German IBM PC-Direct and they told me I can use the
same DIMM-modules as in, e.g., the 755CE (but I could NOT use DRAM from
a 755CE machine...). It's been my experience that the IBM sales people
normally don't know much about hardware. Is it possible that they changed
something in the 755CX such that you can use DIMM?

Christoph Eyrich
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