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pc100 or pc133
Name: RON B Date: April 21, 2003 at 14:47:51 Pacific OS: ME CPU/Ram: AMD 550
Comment:
I have a 100mhz bus speed in my PC, I would like to add more memory. I was told that pc 133 would work in a pc100 board. After buying the memory fron tigerdirect, the memory that I boughtwould not work in a pc 100 board..... Is it that some pc133 memory works in a pc100 board or was it just that memory that I bought. Also I would like to buy 512 168pin memory ,, Have any leads let me know Thanks Ron
Name: capt Date: April 21, 2003 at 15:18:18 Pacific
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133 memory usually is backward compatible, but it will function at 100, not 133. The best place to get 168 pin memory exactly made for your computer is from Crucial Memory. Their banner it at the top of this page, as they are advertisor of this forum. They have great service and offer high quality memory that is fully guaranteed.
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Response Number 2
Name: Ron B Date: April 21, 2003 at 15:25:21 Pacific
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Thanks for your help!!
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Response Number 3
Name: TheKid Date: April 21, 2003 at 15:26:47 Pacific
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The pc 133 stick would/should just run as pc100.
Do yourself a big favor,return that stick to TigerDirect (who I think suck),and buy your memory from Crucial.com
The new high density PC133 is only recognized at half size on older boards not designed for high density chips. There is probably an explanation of this somewhere on the Crucial site. The issue is high vs low density, not speed. It was after I brought some Crucial Ram and returned it that I found that only the older low density PC133 is backward compatible. Up to about a year ago the old pc133 was easy to get , at least up to 256mb. Now it seems like it's all high density.
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