Now that you mention it, I remember a page of jumper settings for non-PC100
memory.  I don't remember how that coincides with the CPU and the book is
with the PC in my son's college dorm.

Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: David Olds <[log in to unmask]>


> >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.
>
> ---------------
>
> 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
> ------------------------
>
> ----- 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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