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To: Bilow who wrote (67643)	3/14/2001 7:11:04 PM
From: gnuman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Sure enough there were Carl. I believe the issue was interoperability between manufacturers. There were a few other DRDRAM/chipset issues, of course, but I haven't heard of any problems with mixing manufacturers on a mobo.

To: Bilow who wrote (67643)	3/14/2001 7:16:50 PM
From: Dave B	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Carl, P.S. I guess the way Dave B classifies problems with putting memory modules into motherboards is that if they happen to an RDRAM system, it's a chipset (or motherboard) issue, but if they happen to a DDR system, it's an incompatibility issue. LOL!!! If it happens to all RIMMs regardless of the manufacturer, then it's a chipset problem (or, in this case, it sounds like possibly even a design issue [signals racing through the RIMM too quickly???]). Intel can easily identify that the problem is their own because it happens with every RIMM. OTOH, if the chipset works with some products from some manufacturers but not with supposedly identical products from other manufacturers, then the potential for finger-pointing is tremendous. The chipset vendor can blame the DIMM vendor, and vice versa. Everyone tries to solve the problem by publishing a list of "approved" DIMMs, except that there are always customers who don't get "the word" and try to upgrade with an incompatible DIMM. Frustration, anger, etc. results. Customers are unhappy and start bad-mouthing the product. And so on, and so on, and so on. A bad way to run a business. But maybe you don't actually care about the customers <G>. Dave