Re: memory for SGI O2

Werner.Mausshardt@bruker.de
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 07:47:47 -0100

Peter Lundberg wrote:

> We have an SGI O2 for processing spectral NMR data. Originally 192 Mb
> (2x16+4x32). When I tried to upgrade memory to 448 Mb (2x32 + 6x64 Mb,
> using DIMMs from someone else than SGI) bothersome things happened.
>
> The hinv command confirmed the new memory size but other things didn't
> work. I checked the O2 technical data sheet which explicitly said that 64
> Mb DIMMs would be ok. But when I checked with SGI they 'support' only 16,
> 32 and 128 Mb DIMMs.

If you are running IRIX 6.3, please ensure that apropriate IRIX patches
are installed to handle > 256 MB main memory.

You can install the IRIX 6.3 patches from the XWIN-NMR 2.5 CD or the
latest recommended IRIX 6.3 patchset from SGI.

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