Will PC133 memory work in a PC that previously had pc100 memory sticks??

Cheers

 

If the motherboard is Pc133 compliant then yes.. unlikely though as it would probably of been used in the first placee instead of the PC100

 

Well, appears not as it ain't starting up LOL

Here's my PC spec...
http://support.packardbell.com/uk/my...rnr=t742700310

 

It shouldn't make any difference to be honest, the motherboard should just clock the PC133 RAM down to PC100.

Well in my experience thats whats happened.

 

What's up with it then ROFL

 

as per franky, it should work anyway... unless your mobo is proper shit! (which it must be if its sill taking DIMMs... lol)

 

Processor Host/Bus support (66/100/133 MHz System Bus frequency, 32-bit system bus addressing, GTL+ I/O buffer).


It should work fine!

 

Well, to me that means I may need a newer motherboard???

 

It don't work though
MSN anyone LOL

 

what doesnt work.. doesnt it boot up? ie JUST black screen no bios or anything?

 

Just blank screen, doesn't even turn monitor off stand-by mode

It's starts the PC up (power button) but don't go no further

 

Put the largest memory chunk in the first slot then add the next smallest next to it.

Then try.

Also, are you sure you have connected it correctly? Does it click into place?

 

i was gonna say you sure you got it the right way round!
Ive put it in (forced more like! ) the wrong way (ooo er! ) and it burnt the motherboard!
I know its almost impossible to do.. but i did it!
I was hung over though!

 

Guy at work done that on a G4 Mac

 

Ade, I have 2x256mb PC133 SDR/CL3 cars to insert, they click into place nicely, once is higher than the other though in actual size

My old card says PC100 but it's also CL2

 

Will only go in one way round due to the gold pins at bottom, Ade I haven't got your number, wanna ring me?

 

Try a PC100 chunk with a 133 see if it makes any difference.

You could have a piece of fucked memory.

 

I have tried putting one of the new chunks in (main?) slot and old one in other and vice versa using all different ways

It will only recognise the old one

 

from what cabrioturbo posted, it should work

unless your motherboard requires your processor clock speed to match the memry clock speed? i know a few shitty ones do

also has the mobo got jumpers on it? you may have to set the clock speed on there manually...

 

Jim, that is way above my head LOL

 

i would try them one at a time. might not like working in pairs. Does the machine beep at all when you boot it up? might have knocked video card loose... happens a lot

 

Nope, cos works when I put old one back in - it's this PC I am typing on that I trying to sort LOL

 

you will have to look in the mother board manual and see if it has 'jumper settings' in there.. they are just little conectorsa which need swapping over dependant on the clock speed.. i know my old P75 needed this doing.. but the old P3 packard bell motherboard i had didnt..

 

I have no real manual and wouldn't know what I'm doing

 

Just looked, just an install guide for my PC (basic start-up from new stuff)
Nothing else