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Article #18966Re: Have I done something stupid? (a SIMM question)
From: Dragon Lord
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:45
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:45
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In article <ETOBKKC.93Jan21073459@pluto.eto.ericsson.se> etobkkc@hisoy.etn.ericsson.se writes: >However, the new SIMMs are marked KMM59256AN-10. Does the "10" >indicate that they are 100ns SIMMs? The 4MB already in my PC is >70ns. Yes, the -10 means 100ns. > >The PC seems to work as normal (I had to put the new SIMMs in bank 0), >but I wonder if the new SIMMs are too slow. If so, would any errors >be trapped by the parity error check (which I've enabled) or would >the files I'm editing/saving be destroyed without me noticing it? > The problems you'll probably run into will be machine locking up parity errors read and write errors Your machine MAY though be able to sense the slower simms and compensate for it by automaticly inserting more wait states. Most machines though (older ones at least) have the wait states hardwired via jumpers on the mother board.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!uw-beaver!news.u.washington.edu!serval!beta.tricity.wsu.edu!msmith From: msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Dragon Lord) Subject: Re: Have I done something stupid? (a SIMM question) Message-ID: <1993Jan21.084559.1741@serval.net.wsu.edu> Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Washington State University Tri-Cities, Richland References: <ETOBKKC.93Jan21073459@pluto.eto.ericsson.se> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 08:45:59 GMT Lines: 24