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Re: Alternative sources for Cisco memory?
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan () robotics net>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 15:56:06 -0400 (EDT)
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
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- Alternative sources for Cisco memory? Joseph Thomas (Sep 24)
- Re: Alternative sources for Cisco memory? Nathan Stratton (Sep 24)
- Re: Alternative sources for Cisco memory? Rob Walker (Sep 24)
- RE: Alternative sources for Cisco memory? Michael Duckett (Sep 24)
- Re: Alternative sources for Cisco memory? Craig A. Huegen (Sep 24)
- Re: Alternative sources for Cisco memory? Nathan Stratton (Sep 24)
- Re: Alternative sources for Cisco memory? Richard Welty (Sep 24)
- RE: Alternative sources for Cisco memory? Derek Elder (Sep 24)
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- Re: Alternative sources for Cisco memory? Jeff Mayzurk (Sep 24)
- Re: Alternative sources for Cisco memory? Greg Ketell (Sep 24)
- Re: Alternative sources for Cisco memory? Nathan Stratton (Sep 24)