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Re: Ram Upgrade - Advice Required

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From: Rachel Polanskis
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 00:00

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In article <4tq1jl$eop@eplet.mira.net.au>,
	steveja@werple.net.au (Stephen Anderson) writes:
> I have an IBM pc clone with 16MB of ram.  Unfortunately the company I
> bought the computer from is no longer in business, so I can't get any
> details of the type of Ram which was installed in my machine.

> 
> Also, what is the consequence of having mismatched ram.  Will the
> machine still work?  What if my old ram is 70ns and I install a
> further 16MBs which has faster or slower specs?

No problems...

> 
> Finally, what happens if you mismatch parity ram with no-parity ram?
> Is EDO ram parity ram or is it something completely different?

Don't do this, as it can cause runtime problems later on...

> Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

If you get 32MB of RAM or more, you will also need to upgrade your
cache RAM to at least 512kb or you will suffer a 
considerable performance hit, with any software that uses 
memory above 32MB.

Up to 32MB of RAM, you should have no problems...

Rachel

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Date: 1996/08/03
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