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to: JIM HOLSONBACK
from: Roy J. Tellason
date: 2003-02-22 04:07:42
subject: RAM sticks.

JIM HOLSONBACK wrote in a message to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE:

 JH> Why do you think you can use PC100 but say you can't use PC133 in 
 JH> there?  You can ignore my previously posted advice if you want to, 
 JH> but here's what they had to say about that at the Crucial/Micron 
 JH> website - -

 JH>   Should I buy a PC100 module or a PC133 module?
 JH>   If your PC has a 133MHz front side bus (FSB), you will need PC133
 JH>   SDRAM.

 JH>   If your PC has a 100MHz FSB, you can use PC100 or PC133 SDRAM.
 JH> All   PCs that accept PC100 SDRAM will also accept PC133 SDRAM;
 JH> however,   your memory will only run as fast as the slowest "link"
 JH> in your   system. If you have a 100MHz FSB or any PC100 modules
 JH> installed, any   PC133 modules that you install will only operate
 JH> at 100MHz. 

 JH>   PC133 SDRAM doesn't offer any immediate benefit over PC100 SDRAM
 JH> if   you have a 100MHz FSB. However, if you are planning to upgrade
 JH> to a   system with a 133MHz FSB in the future, you may be able to
 JH> use the   PC133 modules you purchase now in your future system.

 JH> I still recommend you buy PC133, Wayne, for the above reason, even
 JH> though your current Celeron 433 system has 66MHz FSB I still say
 JH> the PC133 should work in there.

Do you think that the stuff that's out there at these cheap prices would
work in some of the stuff I have here?  I'm not even sure about the speeds,
 got two boards up ATM w/ a K6-200 in one,  a P200 in the other.  Gotta dig
out that other board out of "the pizza box" and stick that 133
chip in it that I have around here someplace,  and find some ram to stick
in it.

Anyhow,  there was one local guy who was trying to tell me I needed PC66 in
these boards.  Comments?

Looks like I'm still not quite up to speed on some aspects of this stuff...

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