From: Bert Haskins (bhaskins_at_triton.net)
Date: Mon Apr 15 2002 - 21:52:14 EDT
Faster memory must be refreshed more often.
If the minimum refresh time is not met it "forgets".
The reverse is not good either, if you use 66MHZ memory
on a 133 buss it can literally melt and do lots of damage.
Most 100 MHZ memory is backward compatible to 66MHZ
and 133 MHZ is backward compatible to 100 MHZ
-- Bert
Donald MacQueen wrote:
> James,
>
> why, in general, would -any- machine choke on faster memory?
>
> Monday, April 15, 2002, 7:23:18 PM, you wrote:
>
> > TechShop [mailto:techshop_at_ameritech.net] wrote:
>
> >> 600E, too.
>
> > No way, 100MHz SO-DIMMs are the max. 600Es are on a 66MHz FSB and they choke on
> > 133MHz memory.
>
> > Even though the 570E is on a 100MHz FSB, it chokes on 133MHz memory also. At
> > least that was the result on my 570E when I tried 3 different sticks, 2
> > Kingston, one Crucial.
>
> > There's a remote possibility it would work in the 600X, but I've only had good
> > results with 100MHz memory.
>
> > Check here: http://dealram.com/prices/12/256MB.html for deals on 256MB PC100
> > SO-DIMMs.
>
> > Regards,
>
> > James
>
> --
> Donald
>
> Donald M. MacQueen
> Registered Smalltalk Bigot, [|]
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