Re: OPTIPLEX

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Leythos wrote:
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paulmd@xxxxxxx says...

Leythos wrote:
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says...
In article <1157483679.203333.247860@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
olddb_97@xxxxxxxxx says...
ok because i was looking at the 4AllMemory website and they say sdram
so i take it they are the same

SDRAM is a generic type of RAM, normally 72PIN SDRAM, PC100 - the
important part is the 72PIN and PC100, PC133 will not work in the
machines.

Crucial.com states PC133, 256MB RAM for $77 each. Max of 512MB for
GX100. I could be confused, I was sure that PC100 was the only thing I
could get working in them, maybe it's a BIOS Update that we missed a
long time ago.

Anyway, these are 400Mhz machines that we have, with 256MB RAM, and they
still run well. I know for a fact I have PC100 in them, but if they will
take PC133 (as per Crucial.com) I will order a set and try it myself.

www.crucial.com

Sorry, it's 168 PIN memory, 72PIN was the old EDO/FPM memory.

Just to add to the confusion, there is such a thing as EDO and FPM in
168 pin dimms. The FPM is 5v for old Macs, but EDO shipped either way.

I have sticks of 72pin FPM for PC's here, even a couple that use it.
Later, as things developed, you could get PC's that would use either FPM
or EDO.

And no, you can't put EDO dimms in the old Optiplex, but some even
older p1 and p2s accepted it.

Most of the later P1 and P2 systems accepted EDO.

I've seen more of the older Optiplex not run on PC133, although Crucial
claims they do, but, I would imagine a firmware update would give PC133
function.

I've done it, so I know it can be done. I Upgrade the BIOS on those
machines first thing before doing an OS install, so can't be certian.
But I know windows 2000 is way happer with the new bios upgrade.

.

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