Can I use PC 133 Ram on my Celeron?

[stingbandel]

Hi, I use PC 100 on my mobo that has celeron 433 on it. As I know that Celeron is using PC 66 Ram. My PC 100 Rams are working fine. Since I want to add one more stick on it, will PC 133 run on it? Please let me know. Thanks

Darno

 

[Mork]

Yes, it should work

 

[dowxp]

yes. it will downclock auuuuto maticcaaaaly.

 

[Jyeasy]

No, most chipset and MB doesn't support 66/133 configuration, even if it does, there might be stability issues.

 

[Jiggz]

No, most chipset and MB doesn't support 66/133 configuration, even if it does, there might be stability issues.

Just because you plugged in a PC133 DIMM that doesn't mean they run at 133FSB. Remember the DIMM is only rated at such and will run up to such rating but will always be backwards compatible. If the system runs at 66 then the DIMMs regardless if they are PC100 or PC133 will run at 66 unless the bios let you set the FSB and memory clock to run asynchronously.

So the bottom line is YES!

 

[shathal]

I agree.

However, if you have poor-quality ram (i.e.: "cheap&quot, your DIMM might not switch down the FSB. However, this should only be a rare occurrence nowadays. Just mentioned it in case you get "no boot/no video/no beep" with the new memory and don't know why...

 

[stingbandel]

The memory that I will buy is Kingston. Do you think it will work or not? Thanks

Darno