> On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Jeffrey B. Siegal wrote:
>
> > My ABIT IT5H officially supports SIMMs and 3.3V EDO DIMMs simultaneously (and
> > I am currently using both, which works fine). It uses the Intel HX chipset.
> >
> > Is this really so unusual?
>
> Not so unusual. A lot of MB makers WILL hack these two together. But to
> WHAT POINT!? mixing 60 ns simms and 10ns DIMMS!??! Why BOTHER buying
> DIMMS? they'll slow down to SIMM speed!
Note these are EDO DIMMs (60ns), not SDRAM DIMMs. Totally different animal.
I got the DIMMs because all my SIMM slots are full and it was a cheaper way to add
more memory than getting rid of some of my old SIMMs and replacing them with larger
ones.
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