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rachel@juno.virago.org.au (Rachel Polanskis) wrote:

>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?
..............

On my particular machine, if I mix 60ns and 70ns RAM, I do see a
significant slowdown under Windows 95.  I'm running a 486-33 with 16MB
of 60ns RAM and that works fine.  In Win95 when the "start" menu
button is clicked it appears instantly, as it should.  But when I put
the 4MB of 70ns RAM which came with the machine it takes about 3
seconds before I see the "start" menu once it's selected.  Only after
numerous attempts at tackling the slowdown problem did I realize that
it was the mix of RAM chips that was causing it.

Tom McIntire
73773.1474@compuserve.com