Usage for Legacy PC100?

[Minotaar]

Hi,
I've got like 512 megs of PC100 sitting around - it's fairly good quality (2 128 sticks of good cas2 pc100, 1 256 of pc133) ram, but since I've changed over to athlon MPs, this ram, left over from two old boxes, is sitting in a very old machine. (an old Celly 266 oc'd to 448). Sure, it's stable and all, but I want to use that machine for something better than ... email. I could put it in a P3 (even a dual p3) but some of my buddies have been telling me that there's a way to get pc100 running on a system with an AthlonXP - Is this possible? If so, can you give me the name of a motherboard or motherboard chipset which will permit me to do this? THey were suggesting that one of the older Athlon chipsets will support this sort of thing.

Minotaar

 

[Kingofcomputer]

try to overclock it to run at 133Mhz.

 

[Minotaar]

Is there a chipset which will run an Athlon XP with PC133?

 

[THUGSROOK]

it wouldnt be worth buying a moboard to save pc100 that might not even run well @ 133.

if you have that many spare parts - sell them in the for sale/trade forum.
then go get yourself a DDR system

 

[Jerboy]

This computer as I type this are using two PC100 and only 192MB... am I supposed to be embarassed for having a kaput puter like this?

 

[Minotaar]

I have 256 of 133, and 256 of pc100 cas2. I think the pc100 should run up to 133. I can try oc ing it. But what I care about is if there is a mobo that will run athlon XP with pc133/pc100 ram. If so, what is it?

 

[networkman]

The ECS K7S5A board has both SDRam and DDR slots for memory(can only use one or the other) and it's relatively inexpensive, so you could use those PC100 dimms with a Duron or such, and upgrade later.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

most KT133A motherboard with bios update can use Athlon XP, except Abit's.

 

[skriefal]

<< and 256 of pc100 cas2. I think the pc100 should run up to 133. >>



Yes, PC100 CAS2 should run fine at PC133 CAS3.