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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!news.ecn.bgu.edu!usenet From: mfjames@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (James A. Schmidt) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: HELP: Can I mix memory speeds Date: 3 Jul 1996 22:44:40 GMT Organization: Educational Computing Network Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4ret4o$la1@news.ecn.bgu.edu> References: <4rbvq2$34i@news.enterprise.net> <4re1ii$14f5@newsgate.sps.mot.com> Reply-To: mfjames@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (James A. Schmidt) NNTP-Posting-Host: tty005.wiu.bgu.edu X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.hardware:43217 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:156215 comp.os.os2.setup.misc:16763 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:22748 In <4re1ii$14f5@newsgate.sps.mot.com>, Chris Pettinato <chrisp@austintx.net> writes: >Steve- > > I'm certainly not an expert, but my manufacturer, along with RAM >distributers, have said this was a big NO-NO! In addition, (it's my >understanding that) the EDO RAM includes extensive logic on-chip which >must be supported by your motherboard. > > Parity RAM will get along ~ok~ with non-parity, but speeds and type >(D, SD, EDO) along with pin configuration must be matched. A quick tip >on parity/non-parity: > Non-parity will be listed as ex(4x32) > Parity will be listed as (4x36) > >Anyone feel free to correct me! > >Chris I'm running 32MB of FPM parity memory and 32MB of EDO nonparity memory on my Intel Zappa motherboard (Triton chipset) without any problems. I did match them on speed, though... James A. Schmidt, Ph.D. Asst. Professor of Psychology Western Illinois University mfjames@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu