View Full Version : T-Bird Memory Requirements???
allbrandtr
12-18-00, 12:14 PM
I have two sticks of PNY PC100 SDRAM each 128mb for a total of 256. I want to buy a T-Bird 1000, but read on one site that I needed PC133 memory. I have an Abit KT-7 RAID (Love it). Can anyone tell me if this memory will work, or will I have to get new PC133 (In which case, I'll stick with my Duron 600@850). This system will not be Overclocked, so I just need to know if the memory will run, or if it will be too slow for a 1ghz CPU. What adverse affects would this memory have on a 1ghz system.
Roger
AZZKICKER
12-18-00, 12:50 PM
well if you turn your mem down to the 100mhz bus instead of 133 oin your mem then you should be ok
allbrandtr
12-18-00, 01:13 PM
Sorry Arsekicker...didn't understand your message. So you think I can use standard PC100 memory with a T-Bird 1ghz? What would I do to "turn it down?" It should be running at 100 now. I never O/C'd the FSB, only the CPU multiplier and voltage on the Duron. Just needed to know if standard PC100 will run with the T-Bird 1ghz. Thanks.
WyrmMaster
12-18-00, 05:54 PM
It will work, you just wont get the performance that you would with faster mem.
AZZKICKER
12-18-00, 08:06 PM
im talking about you can turn your memery up and down seperate from FSB
just set it to 100mhz and you can run a 1.2 gig t bird if you like
hooziewhatsit
12-18-00, 10:37 PM
By default, your memory should be running at 100MHz, if you go into bios, you should have the option of HSTCLK, or HSTCLK+PCICLK, or something very similar to that. Host clock is just the fsb, (100MHz), host clock + pci clock should set your memory to 133 MHz.
btw, you might also want to turn on 4-way interleaving, just to get the most from it.
good luck!
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