[pchelpers] Re: DIMMs & SIMMs
- From: john.ford1@xxxxxxx
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 21:38:40 +0000
I am running Win 98SE and Access and Office Professional
and Outlook full version and a host of other programs
with only 32 megs of ram, I run slow but steady. I'm
going to upgrade to another machine a pentium 4 at 2.0
gigs with 512 Megs that should help thins along. It is
dangerous to run mismatched RAM as this can damage the
motherboard and BIOS. While it appears that it i working
you really never know if it is ALL working or not.
John F
>
> I reckon you need as much ram as you can get if you use microsoft office! I
> frequently have problems with not enough ram (I've got 128 meg) but I am
> using office and corel and protel (schematic and pcb design). I also have
> outlook express running all the time and frequently access the internet.
> All this runs on W98 so it is not quite as bad as it would be if I had XP!
>
> W98 does not benefit much from any ram over 128 meg but XP just about
> *requires* 128 for itself!!!!
>
> Nigel
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Durham" <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 8:22 AM
> Subject: [pchelpers] Re: DIMMs & SIMMs
>
>
> >
> > Most people can get by with 128M ram. My system runs nicely with it.
> > This means most of the time it is not fully used. About the only time it
> > becomes an issue is where memory is in short supply for a while. That
> > shows up as a lot of extra disk activity as the swap file is used to
> > compensate.
> >
> > If it's not doing that, you have no issue to deal with. Upgrading the
> > ram then becomes more a question of WANT than NEED.
> >
> > In that light, where does it leave the question of slowing down by
> > adding SIMMs?
> >
> > Donald Bieber wrote:
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > I have a question regarding the use of DIMMs & SIMMs being used at the
> > > same time in the same computer.
> > >
> > > Usually, it is not permissable, it just won't work. Well, I have one
> > > here
> > > that the book says they can be mixed as long as they stay in seperate
> > > banks, etc.
> > >
> > > I've been trying several different sticks of the SDRAM and got two
> > > towork
> > > together to give it 128 mb RAM.
> > >
> > > However, that still allows one bank of the slots for SIMMs open to be
> > > usable, according to the manual.
> > >
> > > The speed difference between the two types are obvious, so my
> > > question:
> > > Is the increase in the "amount" of RAM worth the reduction in the
> > > speed
> > > at which the SDRAM/DIMMs work(EDO, 60ns, I think), or would I be
> > > better
> > > off with letting the computer just use the 128 mb of SDRAM at it's 9ns
> > >
> > > I'm hoping there's a technical better of one or the other, instead it
> > > just being a philosophical question, like the Bill Cosby routine of
> > > years
> > > ago, "Why is there air?"
> > >
> > > I really would like to know which you think is better? "More RAM" OR
> > > "Higher speed"
> > >
> > > cu,
> > > Don Bieber, The-Picture-Man
> > >
> > > PS I am a nobody, nobody is perfect, therefore, I am perfect.
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