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IBM-AUSTRIA - PC-HW-Support 30 Aug 1999 |
ECA 042 - enhanced memory expansion option
ECA 042 - enhanced memory expansion option
Enhanced 80386 expansion memory option w/4MB SIMM installed
PURPOSE:
To make available to the field a mandatory replacement
enhanced 80386 memory expansion option adapter. Uplevel options
34F3011 and 34F3077 which use FRU P/N 87F9916, replace option
34F2811 which used FRU P/N 34F2825. This is done as a
pre ECA: Measure due to the possibility of undetected
data modification with 4MB simm(s) installed on this adapter.
PHYSICAL check:
Viewing the adapter from the back, with connector facing down,
locate part number along the left hand bracket. If manufacturing
P/N 49F5507 is present, the adapter is down level and must be replaced.
DETAIL:
Enhanced 80386 memory expansion option adapters meeting the description
in the physical check, with 4MB SIMMs installed, must be replaced with
the current level FRU P/N 87F9916 at the earliest possible opportunity.
Down - level adapters with 1MB and/or 2MB SIMMs installed
will not experience the data modification problem and
installation of the UP - level FRU is optional. replacement
of the adapter is required for customers planning to
upgrade with 4MB SIMMs.
The 1 MB, 2 MB and/or 4 MB SIMMs present on the adapter
do not need to be replaced.
NOTEs:
Only memory adapters meeting the physical
description are eligible for this ECA:.
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