I have an old pc running Mandrake 8.0 that has both 168 pin (DIMM) and 72 pin (SIMM) modules installed. While I can't answer your question of if the 72pin RAM makes the 168 pin run slower, I know the whole system runs faster with the additional ram (64MB) in the 72pin slots. I would recommend, though, that if you don't already have the 72pin modules, to save your money and upgrade your system board. While RAM prices have plummetted for the 168 pin DIMMS, I believe they are still relatively high for SIMMS. With the cost of low end motherboards well under $100 (US), you would probably be better off to purchase one with additional DIMMS and have a faster system for the same price or less as purchasing the SIMMS. Joe On Tuesday 11 September 2001 10:49 am, you wrote: > My motherboard is currently holding the maximum amount of SDRAM (the 168 > pin stuff, in case I've got the wrong acronym) that it can (128 MB in > two sockets, each of which can only handle 64 MB). There are sockets on > board such that I could add some of the older (72 pin?) RAM, maybe as > much as another 64 MB. > > I've assumed that doing so will make all the RAM as slow as the old 72 > pin stuff, and thus is probably not worth trying (although I do have > some 16 MB strips around). Anybody know for sure what would happen? > > Aside: the manual for the motherboard says mixing the two types of RAM > is possible (as long as I don't populate the first slots for both types) > but not recommended. > > Thanks, > Randy Kramer
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