Mixing 60ns and 60ns RAM on Pentium1 \ VOGONS

Mixing 60ns and 60ns RAM on Pentium1

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First post, by AlessandroB

Posted on 2023-01-19, 13:11

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Hi, i have a socket5 Pentium1 running at 50/60/66Mhz of bus, depends of what i like. I have 16MB or Memory in 4 72pin simm: 2x4MB 60ns and 2x4MB 70ns. I see no problem, no error, nothing...why i can't mix?

Reply 1 of 4, by konc

Posted on 2023-01-19, 13:23

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Who said that you can't mix?

Reply 2 of 4, by Doornkaat

Posted on 2023-01-19, 13:35

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Usually 60ns RAM will allow tighter timings, so mixing them with 70ns modules the 60ns modules may not perform to their full potential. But there's no urgent reason why you shouldn't mix them.

Reply 3 of 4, by Gmlb256

Posted on 2023-01-19, 14:14

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You can mix them without problems as the others said, the 60ns RAM modules can run at the speed of the slower ones.

Reply 4 of 4, by AlessandroB

Posted on 2023-01-19, 21:14

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ok, in fact the computer run perfectly, thanks for the clarification.

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