----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul M Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com>
To: "SLUG List" <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 9:54 PM
Subject: [SLUG] Memory Question
> Please excuse my ignorance. I haven't followed hardware much in the last
> few years.
>
> My P133 machine will take 256M in 72 pin SIMMs, or up to 128 in a single
> DIMM (168 pin SDRAM package). Here's the problem. I have the manual for
> the motherboard, but it doesn't tell me what speeds of memory it will
> take. Memory costing what it does right now, I'd like to remove my SIMMs
> and replace them with a 128M DIMM. But I don't know what speed to use.
> The motherboard supports 60ns or 70ns SIMM modules, but I can't figure
> out what speed DIMMs it will support. Does anyone know a way to tell
> this from the data I've given? What other data might be needed?
>
> Paul
>
Socket 7 Pentium 133's ran at the 66MHz front side bus -- 2X Multiplier at
66MHz = 133.
So, 66MHz SDRAM should do the trick.
Matt
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