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Article #14025Re: Memory upgrade and refrest rate...
From: John Graf
Date: Wed, 08 May 1991 17:47
Date: Wed, 08 May 1991 17:47
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Changing the refresh rate will NOT buy you any performance gain. The only reason to put faster-access DRAMs in your system is if you can also decrease the number of wait-states added to memory cycles by the DRAM controller. Typically the wait-states are hard-wired into the DRAM controller (they assume a certain speed DRAM), but some controllers have programmable wait-state registers. You should try to get a Technical Reference Manual from Tandy (if one exists) to find out if there's any way to change the wait- states. If you can't change 'em, don't waste your money on the faster DRAMs -- your system will still assume you have the slow DRAMs. Regards, John Graf 8v)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpcc05!hpyhde4!hpycla!hpcuhc!pollux!jgraf From: jgraf@pollux.svale.hp.com (John Graf) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Memory upgrade and refrest rate... Message-ID: <6710006@pollux.svale.hp.com> Date: 8 May 91 17:47:35 GMT References: <1991May3.042704.31762@iitmax.iit.edu> Organization: Hewlett Packard CPCD, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 16