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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!atmnet.net!newshub.cts.com!ptscheer From: tscheer@cts.com (Tom Scheer) 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: Sat, 13 Jul 96 00:22:35 GMT Organization: CTS Network Services Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4s6q6j$l0i@newsfeed.cts.com> References: <4rbvq2$34i@news.enterprise.net> <4re1ii$14f5@newsgate.sps.mot.com> <31DAA423.75FEABEE@uiuc.edu> <31E07EA8.66E140D7@henge.com> <31E6880E.408D@nome.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: tscheer1.cts.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #2 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.hardware:44340 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:159093 comp.os.os2.setup.misc:17180 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:23410 You can also put EDO DRAM on a non-EDO board and ruin it. It depends on whether the memory bus is driven during CAS-high cycles. It might work fine, it might cause you big problems. The fact that someone has put EDO DRAM in some non-EDO board and it works does not tell you anything about your particular board and BIOS. In article <31E6880E.408D@nome.net>, Ramon Gandia <nsrfg@nome.net> wrote: >Jeremy Rosenberger wrote: > >> 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. >> Not true. > >You can use EDO RAM in a non-EDO motherboard and it works. What >doesn't work is the EDO mode. In other words, an EDO RAM module >in an EDO motherboard gives you EDO performance, which is about >5% better. > >An EDO module in a non-EDO motherboard gives you plain memory >operation. > >A non-EDO module in an EDO motherboard gives you plain memory >operation. > >It is best to buy EDO. > >Ramon.