On Friday 17 November 2000 09:21 am, Mark Johnson wrote:
> I know this if off topic, but I don't know where else to ask and I
> trust you folks better...
>
> Can I mix memory, for example, can I mix a 128 PC100 8ns and a 32
> PC100 8ns? Or is it best not to do this?
Ram compatibility, stability, and performance is most affected by
the motherboard. So the sticks you mention might work great on one
motherboard, and fail miserably on another. Many quality motherboards
provide increased voltage to to the ram to stabilize and increase it's
performance. Asus and Soyo's are good examples, rather than the
default 3.3v IO, they provide 3.5 to 3.7 volts.
I use one 128mb 8ns (pc100) and one 128mb 7ns (pc133) at 135mhz
cas2 timings on a Soyo 6ba+III at 3.55v IO. Both sticks will also run
together at 155mhz cas3 with -0- errors. Altho the ram quality is very
good (Mosel Vitelic / Micron), the Soyo is the main reason this ram can
reliably achieve 155mz (I don't have a faster bus speed to try it at ;)
BTW, pc100 and pc133 are consumer labels, and rather meaningless. Ram
is what it'll do with -0- errors.
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Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
