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In <1993Jan12.182916.1268@bmers95.bnr.ca> khor@bnr.ca (Kyle Hor) writes:

>In article <C0qtH7.MGM@news.iastate.edu>, jdwhite@iastate.edu (Jason White) writes:
>|> I just replaced my 36 256x1, 100ns DRAMS with 18 1MBx9, 70ns DRAMS to upgrade
>|> my 286 from 1 to two megs of RAM.  I was wondering if I could put 18 of the
>|> 256x1 DRAMS in the machine in order to get another 512K.  I'm pretty sure the
>|> motherboard can be configured to handle it, but I'm concerned because the
>|> two typed of DRAMS have different refresh rates.  Is this going to effect the
>|> operation and integrity of my computer?
>|> 
>When you say 18 -- a assume you mean 2 SIMM or SIPPs, where each
>SIMM/PP have 9 chips.  In other words you have 2 1Mb SIMM/PPs and
>would like to add 2 256K SIMM/PPs.

I would think he'd mention simms or sipps if he had any.
 
>The answer is NO.  You cannot mix different SIMM/PP memory size in
>the same bank, one bank being 4 SIMM/PP.

One bank, in a 286, is only 16 bits wide, so he could do it if he had simms or
sipps. 

To answer the original question, I don't see why not. Certainly trying wouldn't
hurt.

Anssi




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