>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.

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I believe the FIC503+ has a provision for making the CPU run at 100mhz while
the ram stays at 66mhz. It possesses a complicated set of jumpers to use
100mhz CPUs with non-PC100 ram effectively. UNless this is discontinued in
the newer revisions....

David Olds
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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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