Can I use PC100 Ram?

[Lanshark61]

Hello,
First time posting..
I have an ABIT BH6 Motherboard running a PII 300. The Bios shows a setting for the 300 with a 100 mhz bus speed.
I seem to remember reading that the 350 was the first processor designed for the 100 mhz FSB speed. Is this correct?
Am I safe to throw some PC-100 Ram into my system?
Thanks in advance!
Lan

[Sweeper]

Some of the older Pentium II's were not multiplier locked. I have a 233 Pentium II that will run at 266MHz/66fsb and 100fsb x3.0=300Mhz.
The Abit BH-6
Supports Pentium®III 450~700 MHz processor cartridge.
2.Supports Pentium®II 350 ~ 450 MHz processor cartridge (Based on 100MHz clock)
3.Supports Pentium®II 233 ~ 333 MHz processor cartridge (Based on 66MHz clock)
4.Supports Celeron®266 ~ 333 MHz processor cartridge (Based on 66MHz clock)
I don't think you will have a problem throwing in the PC100 ram. If you are going to upgrade in the near future, pick up some pc133. Ram prices are cheap right now.
Sweeper



[This message has been edited by Sweeper (edited 12-03-2000).]

[ooops]

Yea I agree with Sweeper .... PC-100 is backwards compatible with PC66 ... and I would NOW buy some PC-133 while its cheap , even better..... go here ... http://www.mushkin.com/cgi-bin/Mushkin.filereader?3a29ba7e0bf59ab8273f0a000102060 7+EN/products/990595

[Imperion1]

Heck you can even use a pc133 on the bh6.

Used the pc133 with a celeron 400 slot1 on the bh6 mobo for a day just to test it. It worked better than the pc100 I was using at the time.

But it will work.

[NDC]

It is perfectly safe to use PC-100, PC-133, or PC-150. It'll just run at 66Mhz.