RE: Model 400 memory upgrade

["Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@xxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Metz, Zak
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 10:45 AM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Model 400 memory upgrade
> 
> This weekend I was upgrading a model 400. The system already had 2x32MB
> and 2x16MB. I added 2x32MB and after IPL received SRCA6001730. Thanks
> to
> this very mailing list, I found that the third pair of memory slots is
> not usable on a 2130 processor and removed 2x16MB.
> 
> Now here's the part that I'm unclear about. After removing 2x16MB, the
> system IPL'd clean. However, from SST under Main Storage Resources, the
> system reports 32MB at location 0, 64MB at 1, and 64MB at 2. I left the
> system with 32MBx4, so where is the 32MB at 0 coming from? Is this
> memory on the board somewhere? In other words, is the system truly
> maxed
> out now (32+64+64=160), or do they need 64MBx2+16MBx2 to max it out,
> ignoring what the system reports at 0?
> 
> Zak Metz
> Group 1 Software
> iSeries Platform Specialist
> IBM Certified Specialist - IBM eServer iSeries Technical Solutions
> Implementer
> NOTICE: This E-mail may contain confidential information. If you are
> not
> the addressee or the intended recipient please do not read this E-mail
> and please immediately delete this e-mail message and any attachments
> from your workstation or network mail system. If you are the addressee
> or the intended recipient and you save or print a copy of this E-mail,
> please place it in an appropriate file, depending on whether
> confidential information is contained in the message.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing
> list
> To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
> or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.