>bob wrote:
>
>> Kyle's resume aside, I also have stock 70ns DIMMS (a pair of 8MB sticks)
>> interleaved and working great with my Powerlogix G3/350/175. The remaining
>> DIMMS are 60ns 16MB (four sticks) and 32MB (two sticks.) Rock solid
>> stable, used heavily daily for a year and a half.
>>
>> There's no good reason to flatly reject any good, working, stable DIMM just
>> because it's 70ns. Andrew wasn't "spewing" anything, just relating his
>> experience-based sound advice.
>
>I agree 100%. I never stated that all 70ns RAM is bad. Feel free to
>*try* all you
>want. If you already *have* 70ns RAM for cripes sake don't toss it. Try
>it and
>see if it works for you. If you are *buying* RAM, however, then I suggest
>you get
>60ns because it will eliminate a possible source of conflict for you and
>it's the
>same friggin price. :-)
It is a pattern that has been repeated over and over again in computer
memory. In this case you MAY see 70nS DIMMs that are in reality 60nS.
They could even be qualified by the manufacturer as 60nS. Why are they
sold as 70s? Because Some vendors want to sell 60s and 70s to "round out"
their product line among other reasons. But you can't trust them. Some
"70nS" memory may really be 60nS, some may work at 60nS under some
conditions and some may flat out be 70nS and you really have no way of
knowing for sure. As Kyle said, if it works keep em. But I wouldn't buy
70nS RAM hoping it works at 60nS. If there is a price savings it's not
worth it.
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