133MHz Memory in 100MHz board?

mike65 · 01-12-2001 11:22am #1

Is it possible to run 133 memory on a 100 speed mboard.

Mike.

seamus · 01-12-2001 11:26am

As Gerry reliably informed me before, yes. 133mhz is its max speed not its only speed, so it doesn't mind working at 100mhz

mike65 · 01-12-2001 12:16pm

Ta very much

Mike

JustHalf · 01-12-2001 12:27pm

133MHz is it's rated speed. It is rated for operation at that speed at the least - though it will run at a slower speed no bother.

po0k · 02-12-2001 10:35pm

I think what is important here is how far can you overclock em

jaarius · 03-12-2001 12:50pm

can you set the ram speed to 100Mhz. would it help? does running 133Mhz ram on a 100Mhz board cause lots of bottle-necking?

jaz?

Stephen · 03-12-2001 1:05pm

Nope, the 133mhz ram will just run at 100mhz.

sceptre · 05-12-2001 6:20pm

Buy the 133 ram and for a very good reason. When you upgrade your motherboard your RAM will still work

mike65 · 05-12-2001 7:30pm

Good point Sceptre,
Thowing away good memory, even if its very cheap at the mo, is a feel bad moment and one I'll be having when the new 128 mb stick arrives, as I'll have to throw the smallest stick in my machine (32mb).

Mike

phaxx · 10-12-2001 12:44am

Then shouldn't the same ram work at 66? I have a p200 that needs pc66 ram, and when I try some 133 or 100, it only sees one quarter of it, which is a pain in the hole, because I'd need to buy 256mb to get 64!
(considering current prices, I may do that anyway)

Stephen · 10-12-2001 1:10am

Phaxx - your motherboard might only be able to use ram up to a specific limit - like say 32mb / 64mb dimms.

I may be entirely wrong, as usual

Try a bios update or something.

phaxx · 10-12-2001 1:27am

Max is two 64mb modules, and it only sees 16mb of a pc100 64mb module.

Will try a bios update.

133MHz Memory in 100MHz board?

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