Re: Does anyone recognize these SIMMs?

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From: Alien Zord
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 16:03

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"Jack Wolff" <wolfmanjackSPAM@callnetuk.com> wrote in message
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> I have a pair of 72 pin SIMMs, bought s/hand, as follows@
>
> Each SIMM has eight chips on it (all on one side), each with the
> description:
> SAMSUNG 109
> K4E640411D-JC60
> UELK23DB KOREA
>
> Furthermore, each SIMM has a paper sticker as follows:
> IRL DEM NE03216C-C4--T6
> 16X32 EDO 60 64MB
> .>;3191101402
> Void if Removed
>
> Now I would have expected these to be 64MB each, but having tried them
> in both a Dell Optiplex GL 5100 and a Mitsubishi Apricot MS series, I
> find that they are only 16MB each.
>
> Is this simply a question of mislabelled SIMMs or is there something
> else I should be aware of?
>
>
It is 64MB RAM.
A quick look at Pentium 1 class motherboard manuals revealed that none of
them mentioned 64MB modules. And another bit of investigation revealed that
64MB RAMs and above require 4x clock. Therefore is the standard boards only
supply 1x clock you will only see 1/4 of the capacity.

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