Can I use SDRAM instead of EDO???

  • Thread starter Thread starter half_pint
  • Start date Start date
H

half_pint

I just ran a report (software program) on my machines hardware.


For the memory controller it said supported memory types:-
SPM, FPM, EDO, SDRAM which surprised me as I didn't
think I could use SDRAM.

It also recommends I upgrade to SDRAM, if possible, now
presumably it is not possible because they have different pinouts
168, not 72 pin like my simms. Is that correct?
 
" It also recommends I upgrade to SDRAM, if possible, now presumably it is
not possible because they have different pinouts 168, not 72 pin like my
simms. Is that correct? "


Given that many older motherboards supported EDO and SDRAM, you may find
that you have two different pairs of slots. You'd do best to find out what
your motherboard is, the types of memory it supports, and the maximum it can
support. You can use this site if you aren't too sure where to look:
http://www.motherboards.org/moboidtools.html
 
I just ran a report (software program) on my machines hardware.


For the memory controller it said supported memory types:-
SPM, FPM, EDO, SDRAM which surprised me as I didn't
think I could use SDRAM.

It also recommends I upgrade to SDRAM, if possible, now
presumably it is not possible because they have different pinouts
168, not 72 pin like my simms. Is that correct?
Click to expand...

Use Crucial's RAM finder,
http://www.crucial.com/
It will tell you exactly what your board supports.
I cannot recommend them for RAM as the only bad stick of RAM I've ever
has was,"Crucial".Never had a problem with cheap,"No-Name" generic RAM
:/



--
Free Windows/PC help,
http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html
email shepATpartyheld.de
Free songs to download and,"BURN" :O)
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/nomessiahsmusic.htm
 
Cuzman said:
" It also recommends I upgrade to SDRAM, if possible, now presumably it is
not possible because they have different pinouts 168, not 72 pin like my
simms. Is that correct? "


Given that many older motherboards supported EDO and SDRAM, you may find
that you have two different pairs of slots. You'd do best to find out what
your motherboard is, the types of memory it supports, and the maximum it can
support. You can use this site if you aren't too sure where to look:
http://www.motherboards.org/moboidtools.html
Click to expand...

Hi actually I just found my motherboard I think, I think it is this one
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/pb/mb/850.htm
It has a nice picture there too!!
It took a lot of googling to find it but it looks disconcertingly like my
mobo!!
My PC is an unbranded one called a Patriot and googling on Patriot is of
little
help as I have tried that several times in the past.

A rather tortuous google on the string
sis-5598-w877-2A5IIG5EC-00 which a program called AIDA32
gave in its report eventually lead me to what seems like the right place.
It doesn't look lilke there are anymore slots though.

I have a Cyrix 6x86MX/MII 225 MHz PR300 processor and 128meg
of EDO ram in it (I made a post here about my faulty ram problem
a few days ago, fortunately the problem seems to have disappeared
after I put the old ram back in to try that, when I went back to the new ram
the fault has not resurfaced for some reason, maybe it was not inserted
properly or something like that).

I think I can go to 256 edo ram, or maybe fast page DRAM, I am unsure
if DRAM is better than EDO?
Am I right to say fast page DRAM is FPM? which is often referred to as
inferior?

It looks like I am at the end of the line regarding processors though,
I dont think a K5 or K6 is any better than what I have?
Probably not worth the bother anyway.

So it looks as though I am at the end of the line regarding upgrades, apart
from maybe BIOS but perhaps I had better leave well alone, as my PC
is behaving for a change!!


half_pint
 
Shep© said:
Use Crucial's RAM finder,
http://www.crucial.com/
It will tell you exactly what your board supports.
I cannot recommend them for RAM as the only bad stick of RAM I've ever
has was,"Crucial".Never had a problem with cheap,"No-Name" generic RAM
:/
Click to expand...


Thanks, seem my post to Cuzman above.
I though I had a problem with cheap ram but fortunately it has disappeared,
I am unsure why, but maybe they were not fully inserted in their slots, its
a bit
fiddly putting them in, but I made sure I rammed them home good and proper
this time (pun intended!) and I have had no probs with freezes or reboots
so far, I would normally have had several by now, so fingers crossed all
will
be OK!

half_pint.
 
Back
Top