On 17-Jan-2002 Rev Simon Rumble wrote: > My flatmate has an old PII machine and, since I've upgraded, I was > hoping to let him have my hand-me-down RAM. The machine is based > around the Intel AL440LX mobo which can only deal with 66MHz SDRAM. > The SIMMs are PC100 (x2) and PC133 (x1). > > I always thought you could clock down but we just stuck it in and the > machine wouldn't even get to POST beep stage. Is there some > fundamental different between 66MHz and PC100/133 RAM that means I > can't donate my spare RAM to him?
not so sure, but if his PC is a namebrand PC (e.g. HP, Dell, Compaq, etc.) then it is frequently the case that the bios is configured to explicitly reject ram unless said ram has an apprioriate "id tag" which matchs what the bios want's to see. -G > -- > Rev Simon Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > www.rumble.net > > Democracy is the worst form of Government except all those > other forms that have been tried from time to time. > > - Winston Churchill > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ You can release software that's good, software that's inexpensive, or software that's available on time. You can usually release software that has 2 of these 3 attributes -- but not all 3. | Greg Hosler [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
