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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!world!coopnews.coop.net!henge2.henge.com!news From: Jeremy Rosenberger <mustang@henge.com> 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: Sun, 07 Jul 1996 21:21:12 -0600 Organization: ivySoftware, Inc. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <31E07EA8.66E140D7@henge.com> References: <4rbvq2$34i@news.enterprise.net> <4re1ii$14f5@newsgate.sps.mot.com> <31DAA423.75FEABEE@uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp132.henge.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5a (X11; I; Linux 2.0.2 i586) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.hardware:43684 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:157623 comp.os.os2.setup.misc:16965 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:23030 Andrew Ho wrote: > Dell and Micron both informed me that EDO RAM can be mixed with non-EDO RAM. > They also claim that there is no decrease in the performance of the EDO RAM, > although of course the total RAM speed will be between that of the non-EDO > and EDO RAM. I had no idea about any sort of special motherboard requirements > for EDO RAM, but then again, this is the first time I've considered the option > of adding EDO to non-EDO instead of vice versa. This is true *if* your motherboard supports it. My motherboard, for instance, will support EDO RAM in one bank and non-EDO RAM in the other. However, if you have a motherboard that doesn't support EDO RAM at all, then EDO won't work, period. Talking about memory speed for a minute, I've mixed speeds before and haven't had any trouble. I suppose this probably assumes that you can tell your BIOS or motherboard or whatever exactly what the speed of the memory is, and just use the lowest installed speed, e.g. if you have 60ns and 70ns installed, tell the computer you're using 70's. Regards, Jeremy ----- Jeremy Rosenberger mustang@henge.com