Re: Looking for RAM again :)

On 5/10/07, Scott Walde <scott@waldetech.ca> wrote:

> > Yesterday I got an AMD K6-2 IBM Aptiva system (circa Y2K) from
> > Freecycle and I'd like to max out the RAM (right now it has 64 MB,
> > including what it shares with the onboard video) to the dizzying
> > heights of 256 MB ;)
> >
> Do you know what chipset it has? If memory serves, (pun intended) some
> of the chipsets from that era had a strange "feature" in that only the
> first 64MB (or was it 128MB) of RAM were cached. In some cases, adding
> RAM would actually slow the computer down. I'm pretty sure that was one
> of the intel chipsets. If you have an ALI chipset, you're probably OK.
> Can't speak for the VIA chipsets, other than I will never, ever in my
> life buy another computer with a VIA chipset.

Oh yipes; is THAT what they meant in the tiny fine print of the
sticker that was on the front that said "Installed memory in excess of
128 MB will not derive performance enhancements from the included
external cache"?!?

> > "168-pin Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) [...] PC-100
> > (64-bit, non-ECC, 100MHz, 3.3volt)"
>
> Those are tough to come by. PC-133 are easy to find, but will likely
> not work.

Hmm... well, looks like I'm just looking for a single 64MB one now ^_-;

CK
Received on Thu May 10 17:48:46 2007