Re: OFFTOPIC: SDRAM PC100
On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 Jun 1999 shaleh@clifford.livenet.net wrote:
> >
> > > > The question is: if I buy a SDRAM PC100 chip, will it work on a
> > > > computer with bus speed of 66Mhz ?
> > >
> > > Nope.
> >
> > I bought 2 128MB PC100 for my 66MHz ASUS, hoping that the dimms would
> > still be usable when I get a new motherboard someday.
> >
> > I ran memtest86 for about 24 hours, no problems, and have been running
> > fine ever since (several months).
> >
> > I started having problems recently (filesystem errors and signal 11) so I
> > ran memtest86 again and one of the dimms has gone bad. I took it out and
> > put back in an old regular 32MB dimm, and the two mixed togeter (160MB)
> > ran memtest86 fine overnight, and seems OK after about a week.
> >
> > I don't know why the dimm went bad. I wouldn't think it's because the
> > 100/66MHz issue.
>
> I would surprise me too. I also run PC100 memory at 66 MHz with future
> upgrades in mind.
old SDRAM had 5V voltage, PC100 is 3.3V
OK
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