[geeks] eek

[Gregory Leblanc]

On 14 Aug 2001 15:07:32 -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 02:29:01PM -0400, joshua d boyd wrote:
> > I just made the mistake of looking at pricewatch.  That's it.  My sisters
> > peecee isn't getting any more upgrades (ram, CPU, whatever).  Why?  Duron
> > CPU and mobo (with sound and perhaps ethernet) starting at 85.  Certainly
> > beets trying to find (and paying the premium) for PC66 memory.  My how
> > things change.
> 
> Why would you get PC66 when you can just slap in PC133 and it works just fine?

This is what the spec says, and what everybody who uses it says, but
I've had inumerable problems with making PC1XX ram work in PC66
machines.  I've even had trouble getting PC133 ram to work in PC133
motherboards.  Name brand ram, at that.  Go figure.
	Greg