EDO SIMM question

[Acanthus]

will EDO simms work in all mobos with simm slots? i want to make sure before i order some for this poor guy with an ancient pentium166 rig that only has 4mb of ram, gonna replace with 4x64MB EDO Simms provided that i think it will be supported

I have not seen the motherboard so i cant give info on that. He lives about an hour away from me.

 

[Tanked]

EDO SIMMs will not work in any system, but if it's a Pentium 166, it probably will. EDO memory generally does not work in 486 systems but even then there are exceptions.

 

[Acanthus]

sweet!

 

[QTPie]

Be careful, most Pentium MB can accept SIMM module of 32MB max. Check his MB manual.
I have couple of Pentium PCs laying around with maximum memory of 32MB x 4 = 128MB

 

[bozo1]

<< but if it's a Pentium 166, it probably will >>


I would not make that assumption.

There were many 166's that did not support EDO. There were many that only supported EDO. There were many that used proprietary memory.





<< Be careful, most Pentium MB can accept SIMM module of 32MB max. >>


Yep.