SDRAM Question

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I have an old ABIT motherboard with blown caps. I'd like to use 2 sticks
of RAM from that board in another older, backup computer that I keep on
hand for basic use. The older computer has an old BIOSTAR motherboard that
uses 66Mhz SDRAM. Can I use the PC-133 sticks from the ABIT board in the
BIOSTAR board? I realize that they would not run at 133, but would they
work at all? Thanks much.

Patty
 
I have an old ABIT motherboard with blown caps. I'd like to use 2 sticks
of RAM from that board in another older, backup computer that I keep on
hand for basic use. The older computer has an old BIOSTAR motherboard that
uses 66Mhz SDRAM. Can I use the PC-133 sticks from the ABIT board in the
BIOSTAR board? I realize that they would not run at 133, but would they
work at all? Thanks much.

Patty
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Usually they will run ok at the slower speed depending on their chip
configuration.
Worst case scenario is that you wouldn't get P.O.S.T and have to clear
the CMOS by 1st pulling the power cord out of the back and then using
the clear CMOS jumper to reset the BIOS Defaults.
HTH :)



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I have never had any success running 133's on a 66 board. I have had some
success with pc100 on 66 board.
It won't hurt anything to try them.
 
It might depend on the module's density / memory arangement.
I once tried 64MB PC133 module from my duron 750 on an old 430TX board, that
was recognized as 16MB (and seemed to work). maybe try and swap it with
sone1 that have PC100 and needs PC133 for O/C...
 
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