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On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Craig A. Huegen wrote: > On Thu, Sep 24, 1998 at 12:35:20PM -0400, Nathan Stratton wrote: > > ==>You sure can, most providers upgrade the memory on their ciscos with 3rd > ==>party RAM, the cisco stuff just cost to much. I dont know of "Cisco > ==>certified" memory dealers, but just buying decent RAM from any good vender > ==>should be fine. > > "Decent RAM" does *not* cut it--you need *good* RAM from a good vendor. Sorry let me change my above "decent RAM from any good vender" to "good RAM from any decent vendor." I was not aware that was such a big difference between decent and good RAM. Are decent vendors ok, or do they need to be good vendors like the good RAM? ;-) > Be aware that this recommendation is not complete without the caveat > that Cisco will not support your processor card if you stick > unapproved third-party RAM in it. It's very important to use QUALITY > memory in the box. True. I also don't recommend you broadcasting to Cisco that you are doing this. > With that said, Cisco does have an AVL (authorized vendor list) for > third-party memory. Kingston carries this, and will even cross-ref > the Cisco part numbers for you. > > /cah > ><> Nathan Stratton Telecom & ISP Consulting www.robotics.net [email protected] -- "No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength." - Psalm 33:16
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