SiS 496/497 revisions and EDO / FPM RAM? \ VOGONS

SiS 496/497 revisions and EDO / FPM RAM?

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First post, by andromeda

Posted on 2021-03-04, 11:17

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hi,
I have revision B5 for sis496/497 (motherboard is Amaquest AP8548 DX2-66)
Does this revision support EDO RAM or EDO and FPM RAM or FPM RAM only or EDO RAM only ?
Thanks for your help.

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Reply 1 of 3, by debs3759

Posted on 2021-03-04, 11:55

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Pretty sure all revisions only support FPM. I know up to B4 is said to be FPM only.

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Reply 2 of 3, by Imperious

Posted on 2021-03-06, 06:23

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I have a Lucky Star LS486e Rev D and it runs EDO very nicely thanks. Chipset revisions are 496 PR 497 NU

https://www.elhvb.com/webhq/models/486pci/ls486ed.htm

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Reply 3 of 3, by gnif

Posted on 2021-03-06, 07:13

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debs3759 wrote on 2021-03-04, 11:55:

Pretty sure all revisions only support FPM. I know up to B4 is said to be FPM only.

I don't know where this belief comes from...

See:

1486 Green PC VESA/ISA/PCI Chipset
2SiS 85C496/497
3Preliminary
4Rev 3.0
5July 1995

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