Why would a PC accept PC100 and not PC133. What I know is that the
difference between the two is access time.

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:54:29 -0700, "john freibergs" <[log in to unmask]>
said:
> Hi,
> 
> Be careful experimenting with ram of unknown
> compatibility.  I had a Dell machine with 32mb of ram
> and got some ram sticks of unknown ancestry.  I put in
> two sticks that gave me a whopping total of 80mb of
> ram and had no apparent problems.  They even showed in
> POST.  It wasn't until a couple of weeks later that my
> win98 OS started acting up.  After calling Mictrosoft
> for help, I figured out it was the ram and wound up
> pulling the two new sticks and reinstalling win98.  
> 
> John Freibergs
> 
> --- Sue <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > Hi again listers,
> > 
> > The ram that was in the 1997 Dell, I was putting in
> > a Gateway G6-400 of also a 1997 machine and in an
> > IBM Aptiva from 1998.  The IBM read most of the ram
> > while the Gateway read only a few strips.  I know
> > that each machine can handle insertion of 1 ram
> > strip as it only has 3 slots, and I know it can
> > handle the pc 100 but not the PC 133 and defintely
> > not the one with gold edge ( that one was too modern
> > and smoked on one machine).  As of now I am leaving
> > the slot empty in case any damaged occurred.
> > The one web page that I found that  did  help me a
> > tad was
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~mrob/pub/sdram.html
> > 
> >          PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files
> > for download
> >                      visit our download web page at:
> >                  
> > http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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