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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (711)5/20/1998 1:21:00 AM
From: LTBH  Read Replies (1) of 14778
 
Boy you sure are tough on a guy that needs to get to bed. I'll have to stretch my memory a bit. This gets a bit complicated. First there's a PC100 spec which among other things identifies the number of layers on the MIB (8 I believe), the method of part marking (might want to check Anandtech for the part marking info) and a certification by Intel.

Here's where it gets interesting. Only one manufacturer is currently certified by Intel. But the mem doesn't fully comply with the spec. Need 6 ns chips to properly comply but only 8ns chips currently available.

Another PC100 problem is that a number of vendors have incorrectly coded the Eprom on the MIB, this causes inefficient use of the RAM best case (read as slower than it should be) and sometimes it flat won't work on some MBs.

My rip off comment meant to convey that a number of distributors sell SDRAM as PC100 when they don't even meet the part marking spec let along the MIB construction etc. So you pay extra for naught.

Abit is a good MB and is favored by the overclock crowd. Acer/A Open is a good MB favored by the reliability crowd, its a tenth of a point or two slower than Abit but is rock solid stable.

But you need to do your own homework here and check out the features of each and see which suits your preferences.

Networm
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