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Article #40828Re: Confused about SIMMs
From: Bob DeBula
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1989 21:10
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1989 21:10
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As a general rule, you can use faster SIMMs (or chips) than are required by the machine, you cannot use slower (i.e. 150ns in place of 120ns). The low profile vs. high profile has to do with whether or not there is sufficient clearance to seat 'em in the socket. High profile SIMMs generally contain standard 1 Mb (or 256K as the case may be) DRAM chips soldered to the SIMM board. Low profile SIMMs generally contain the itty-bitty "surface mount" chips. This can be a *very* important point depending on the system you want to stick 'em in (i.e. "high profile" SIMMs can mean big trouble if the clearance is insufficient). I have not seen any situation where "low profile" weren't preferable to "high profile" (your mileage may vary depending on the buckazoids you wish to spend :-). I hope I got all this right! (As per usual I try my best, but I wouldn't take what I say as 100% defect free or invulnerable to misinterpretation ;-). -=- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob DeBula | Internet: debula-r@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu The Ohio State University | Disclaimer: These are my views, not the U's
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu!hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu!bobd From: bobd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Bob DeBula) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Confused about SIMMs Message-ID: <72@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> Date: 13 Apr 89 21:10:19 GMT References: <195@xochitl.UUCP> Sender: news@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu Distribution: na Organization: Ohio State Univ IRCC Lines: 19