Ted,

You will need to UNDERclock the CPU due to the older RAM.
If you are VERY lucky, you may be able to get the RAM to run at 83Mhz, which
will give you a 415Mhz CPU (83 x 5) clock for the CPU.  But more than likely
you will have to slow it down to 66 x 5 (a 330 Mhz cpu) until you get the
new RAM.

Once you have PC-100 ram then you can jump up to 100 x 4.5 or even push it
to 100 x 5 -- but at that speed watch your temperature, you may have to drop
the core voltage by a tenth or two.

Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ted Neitz <[log in to unmask]>

> Hi,
>
> I'm planning on upgrading my system to an AMD K6-2/450 with a FIC 503+
> motherboard.  This motherboard also supports SIMMs for RAM memory as well
as
> SDRAM. Since the price of 128MB SDRAM (PC 100) has doubled within the last
> few weeks, I would like to use my existing SIMMs (32 MB EDO 60ns
> non-parity), until the prices of SDRAM memory drop (feel there will be
some
> price reductions within the next three months).
>
> If anyone has had experiences with this or just want to share their
thoughts
> on this matter, I'm interested to know if there is going to be a stability
> problem. and what type of a performance impact (degradation) I can expect
by
> using my existing slower memory.

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