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More info?)
Look at the manufacturer's numbers and look it up on the net. It will tell
what it is.
"NuTCrAcKeR" <nutcracker@internationalhacker.org> wrote in message
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> if memory serves ... that board is a combo SDRAM, DDR ram board.
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> Supports up to 133FSB ... which generally leaves you with PC133 or PC2100
> (DDR) for your setup.
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> either way, 266FSB on yer althon.
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> - NuTs
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> "Del Cecchi" <dcecchi.nospam@att.net> wrote in message
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>> "Bob Knowlden" <nkbob@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:rNOdnTT_iK-5cBbfRVn-ig@comcast.com...
>>> http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/p4-series/p4m266/
>>>
>>> It looks like the chipset supports both SDRAM (PC100 or PC133) and DDR.
>>>
>>> Everest home edition (free from http://www.lavalys.com/) can tell you
>>> whether you have SDRAM or DDR, although I don't know whether it's
>>> completely reliable for that.
>>>
>>> Usually, the memory is run synchronized to the processor's FSB (front
>>> side bus) frequency. A P4 with a 400 MHz FSB needs DDR200 (=PC1600)
>>> memory at a minimum, and a 533 MHz FSB needs DDR266 (= PC2100) memory or
>>> faster. However, DDR333 (=PC2700) and DDR400 (=PC3200) memory can
>>> usually be run at the lower frequencies. (I don't recall whether I have
>>> ever seen PC1600 for sale; don't bother looking for it.)
>>>
>>> If you can identify the mainboard
>>> (http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=17&CID=36 ), you may wish
>>> to visit www.crucial.com. For example, if it's an ECS P4VMM, Crucial
>>> lists PC2100, PC2700, and PC3200 DDR DIMMs for it, plus their high
>>> performance Ballistix memory (expensive).
>>>
>>> I'd expect generic non-ECC DDR DIMMs, PC2100 or better, to work. The ECS
>>> board above can even take 1 GB DIMMs, if the expense is tolerable.
>>>
>>> HTH.
>>>
>>> Bob Knowlden
>>>
>>> Address may be scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
>>>
>>> <jomason@cba.ua.edu> wrote in message
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>>>>I have a no-brand name computer with a Via P4M266-8233 mainboard, a
>>>> ViaProSavageDDR P 4M266 chipset, and 256MB of RAM (as determined by a
>>>> couple of utility programs (Belarc and Dr. Hardware).
>>>>
>>>> When I purchased the computer, it supposedly used DDR SDRAM. My
>>>> question is which DDR SDRAM? DDR PC1600, PC2100, or PC2700. Is there
>>>> an easy way to tell what kind of DDR SDRAM it is because I want to add
>>>> 256MB or 512MB to the system?
>>>>
>>>> John
>> Uh, why don't you open it up, look at what is already installed and get
>> some more of that?
>>>
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