My understanding is that most of this is bullshit. I'll grant that PCs
may not use 5V DIMMs, given my lack of experience with newer MBs using
them, but I bet they exist for some platforms. Sun sure has a wide
array of wierd memory -- practically every older model uses a different
type.
As for mixing SIMMs and DIMMs, I'd bet that depends on the MB. I've
seen some that say no, and others that say yes, but you may not like
it. My impression is that even when it does work, the performance is
less than stellar. I'd say if your MB says you can do it, give it a
try, but then I'm not the one paying for the experiment either. :)
> I am not able to install more than 64 MB to run the cache checking
> program he provided me (because of the reason above), but according to
> the Asus website the VX chipset can cache only 64 MB.
In which case you may as well not bother. From what I've heard if you
get into non-cachable regions you might as well be swapping.
> No matter how I dick around with the CMOS settings, all the system
> sees is 16 MB.
Interesting. I've installed larger than speced SIMMs in machines and
they either ignored them, or recognized them as smaller sizes. I'd bet
that it's either mislabelled as you guessed, or there's something about
that DIMM that your MB doesn't recognize.
> I finally decided that the cheapest way to get BRU PE is to get Red
> Hat official 5.1.
This is a backup utility if I remember right? Never seen the point for
a very small number of machines. I've done just fine with cron and tar.
Brian.