In <[log in to unmask]>, on 09/07/99
   at 10:10 AM, Mendoza del Pino Cesar Daniel <[log in to unmask]> said:

>Hi.

>My PC (Celeron 466MHz Processor, 440BX Chipset, 66MHz x 7.0) is
>currently working with:

>One DIMM     -8     SDRAM (PC100, 64MB)
>and
>One DIMM     -10     I_DONT_KNOW_IF_SDRAM_OR_EDO (32MB) and
>The BIOS configured for 60ns RAM memory (olny options available
>are 50ns and 60ns)

>Will I have any problems? No problems so far...
>What does the -8 and the -10 exactly means? 8ns and 10ns?

>Thanks in advance.

>Cesar Mendoza


Both DIMM's are SDRAM, and you are correct that the -8 and -10
are nS times. The -8 is PC100, but the -10 is not. It will only support a 95 MHz bus (without adding extra wait states). The Celerons
only support 66 MHz, so no problem.

The 60nS BIOS setting is for standard FPM or EDO memory which is specified for 66 MHz buses. I think it's ignored when the system
detects SDRAM. You could run a large memory intensive benchmark and compare the 60 and 50 nS settings to see what happens.

jan lambert
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