What would happen if I put 256mb PC133mhz in a motherboard that only supported PC100??? I think its cutting my memory in half and only giving me 128mb instead of 256
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Jump to PostIf it works it will underclock to the slower speed of the PC100, it will not decrease the amount of RAM.
Motherboard of that age were some times picky about what RAM they liked.
Jump to PostDepending on where you are reading this figure you could be seeing the amount under utilization. For example, if I look under system properties it only show that I have 981,476KB of RAM out of the 1024MB that I know is there.
Then again if you are using something …
Jump to PostDid you download the SIW and look to see what it listed for you total and individual modules?
I should have added this originally...it's a free download.
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