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

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From: carl t bennett
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 00:00
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Supports non-EDO. I had mine up to 32M (2*16) with no probs.

In <60v5ht$a37@hatathli.csulb.edu> wlane@engr.csulb.edu (William Lane)
writes: 
>
>	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: mrnman@ix.netcom.com(carl t bennett)
Subject: Re: Will this 486/5x86 Green Motherboard recognize EDO memory?
Date: 1997/10/03
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