[c-nsp] npe-300 gt 256m?

[Jared Mauch]

On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 11:27:31PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 04:49:22PM -0400, Jared Mauch wrote:
> > 	has anyone gotten a npe-300 to take more than 256m of
> > ram out there?
> 
> I've tried it, but it didn't work out - that is, putting a 256 Mb DIMM
> into slot 2 (and nothing in slot 3) made it come up with 256 Mb, and
> 128+128 in 2+3 made it see 256 Mb, but all combinations with 256 Mb
> in Slot 2 and "something" in Slot 3 made it crash (no bootstrap messages
> at all).
> 
> Of course that's 256 Mb + 32 Mb in Slot 0.
> 
> > 	earlier today i was able to  get my npe-300 to
> > boot up and think it had more than 256m (384)
> > 
> > System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(1r) [dchih 1r], RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
> > Copyright (c) 2001 by cisco Systems, Inc.
> > 
> > *********************************************************
> > 
> > ROM: DIMM 0 is not the factory fixed/supported 32MB DIMM!
> > ROM: Please replace DIMM 0 with the original 32MB DIMM.
> 
> ... as this message definitely scared me away when accidently replacing
> the 32 Mb DIMM 0 with "something else" during earlier experiments.
> 
> > *********************************************************
> > C7200 platform with 393216 Kbytes of main memory
> 
> *Interesting*.
> 
> So what happens after bootup?

	well, nothing good, I need to do some more research
later tonight, perhaps i'll have some good news :)

	- jared

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