Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: nassio%cfassp8@harvard.harvard.edu (George Nassiopoulos) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: can you use 4/260 memory in a 3/160 Keywords: Hardware Message-ID: <1811@brazos.Rice.edu> Date: 28 Sep 89 21:13:44 GMT Sender: root@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 10 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 145, message 4 of 14 Thanks very much to all those who replied to my question about whether or not 4/260 memory was usable in a 3/160. The answer is : The 4/260 memory boards are NOT usable in a 3/160 because 4/260 memory uses ECC-protection while the 3/160 uses parity protection. However, the 4/260 memory is usable in a SUN 3/260. George Nassiopoulos nassio@cfa.harvard.edu