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Thread ID: 14023 2001-12-26 22:03:00 PC100 and PC133 RAM on a 100mhz bus? Guest (0) Press F1
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28675 2001-12-26 22:03:00 Hi there,
I have a question, which may help me fix my computer:
Can I mix PC100 and PC133 SD-RAM on a motherboard which is currently running with a DRAM clock at 100Mhz? Is it possible that was causing my problem? I have two 64mb PC100 chips, and one PC133 128mb chip.
If I recall correctly, the PC133 chip should just 'throttle down' to the 100mhz speed - is that correct?

Thanks alot,
Jonathan Giles
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28676 2001-12-26 22:32:00 Hello again Jonathon,

Your assumption is correct, you should be able to mix the Ram with no problems and the 133MHz should just step down to 100MHz, but as I said previously try with just the 64MB running to eliminate or verify if that is a part of your problem.

Alan
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28677 2001-12-26 23:05:00 Just formatted my Windows 98 SE partition, did a reinstall, and despite a few blue screens and random restarts, I'm currently sitting with a seemingly OK windows 98 partition (thankfully I keep all my data on a seperate partition).

When I get back from holiday, I intend to use my (hopefully) still stable Windows 98 partition as a base to reinstall my Windows XP partitino.

Things are starting to look up...

Thanks to everyone,
Jonathan Giles
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