Hey WAYNE!

Dec 26 07:44 05, WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to MAURICE KINAL:

 WC> The shipping on one guy's lots is very high but it's still 400 
 WC> percent
 WC> cheaper than new and this memory isn't stocked locally at vendors 
 WC> I've
 WC> checked.

Then I'd say it is worth getting off eBay.

 WC> A question, does having a L2 cache memory setting in the BIOS
 WC> selectable L2 cache ECC enabled or disabled indicate this machine can 
 WC> take either sort of DIMMs so long as they're all the same type?

I believe that is right.  Stick with one type.

 WC> Phoenix BIOS 4.0 Release 6.0?         
 WC> The default setting is disabled thus suggesting to me existing
 WC> DIMM is non-ECC.

Probably.  I think non-ecc is more common.

 WC> It seems to suggest I can go either way to me as long as
 WC> the DIMMS are of the same type?

Right.

 WC> My idea that this was a server class machine is holding up to 
 WC> scrutiny.
 WC> An early Pentium III machine it has a 2 wire connector that appears
 WC> to allow electing SCUSI, as it's labeled SCUSI amd the power
 WC> supply is rated 450 watts from a time when that was not quite so 
 WC> common.

Could very well be.  You may be able to get a manual for it from Gateway. 
Is it straight 32-bit pci's or are there any 64-bit pci slots?  How about
ISA?

 WC> Hope you had a good Christmas.

Same as usual.  No family here anymore so it tends to be extremely low key.
 It was okay.  How about yours?

Life is good,
Maurice

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