the difference between PC100 and PC66 is that the first is stable at
100MHZ there is no real diffencen in the way they work. i had a pc66 that
ran stable @112MHZ. i thinkj it was from samsung.

mixing PC66 & pc100 is fine as long as you're not running the bus @66mhz

> Hmmm,
>     Funny how you never think about things until someone else jogs your
> memory.  This question got me thinking.  CAN you mix PC100  with PC66??  In
> other words can you install this faster ram on a LX mobo and run it with the
> slower sdram?  BTW,  PNY has a pretty good rebate offer until Aug 8th.
>
> John
>
> >
> > I've got a dumb question here. I was checking the sale ads in the Sunday
> > paper and see Sync DRAM on sale at CompUSA. A 128 MB stick of
> > PC100 is $100
> > after rebate. Since I'm about ready to upgrade my IBM P166+ processor and
> > motherboard, I was wondering if these would be compatible with what I
> > currently have. The motherboard currently is based on an Intel i430VX
> > chipset and has a single DIMM socket (books says it supports SDRAM/EDO
> > DRAM/page mode DRAM use 168-pin DIMMx1.) I've currently got 4
> > 16MB EDO SIMMS
> > and everything is working OK for now (as well as Win98 works, I suppose.)
> > Will these work in my system at the current bus speed or will I
> > need to wait
> > to use them when I get the upgraded processor/motherboard?
> >
>
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