Re: Will this 486/5x86 Green Motherboard recognize EDO memory?

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From: William Lane
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 00:00

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	It's a grand idea to use EDO but would
it make ANY noticeable performance diff in a
486 (even at 160 mhz)? 


Badbri (Badbri@nothome.com) wrote:

: ProPain wrote:
: 
: > I have a 486/5x86 Green Mainboard (PCI and ISA Bus),
: > manufactured by
: > HSING  TECH  ENTERPRISE CO., LTD (PCchips?).  The model is the
: > M919,
: > with two 72-pin memory slots & four 30-pin ones.  I'm currently
: > using
: > an AMD 5x86-133 P75 (ADZ) CPU & 16 megs of FPR in it.  However,
: > I'm
: > wondering if this particular board will recognize two 16-meg
: > modules
: > of EDO RAM (32-megs total). Does anyone else here have this
: > board & is
: > using EDO memory with it?  I plan on purchasing the RAM very
: > soon, so
: > any help you could give me would sure be appreciated.  TIA.
: >
: > Best,
: > ProPain
: 
:    Almost none of the 30 / 72 pin combo boards
: supported EDO although you may be able to
: use EDO on the board without problems it will
: probably cause lock-ups.
: The PC Chip, VIA and Arsys versions of the
: board you describe don't support EDO.
:

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From: wlane@engr.csulb.edu (William Lane)
Subject: Re: Will this 486/5x86 Green Motherboard recognize EDO memory?
Date: 1997/10/02
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