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To: Jdaasoc who wrote (93583)	12/8/1999 5:11:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Jdaasoc, From the YUK...can't even get the i820 to run with more than one stick of PC100 RAM Not true. It may not like certain brands of DRAM. We tried two 256M Hyundai DIMMs that it didn't like as all where as two 256 M Hitachi DIMMs worked fine. What I also saw from that article is complaints about mixing different RIMM vendors' RIMMs on the same board. It has NEVER been a good idea to mix different vendors' DRAMs on the same board. They can foul each other up in such bizarre ways as through noise sent back onto the power bus. Not a good idea, YUK, and not surprising to see bad practices presented there as an Intel problem. If you use two RIMMs and they are from different manufacturers, you can expect problems, according to very reliable sources. That will mean that if you are buying or specifying a system that uses the VC820, be very careful that you use the right kind of memory. Tony