general ram question

[steve0]

i have a stick of PC2100 ram (DDR) that runs at 133MHz. Would running it at 100MHz indefinitely cause problems?

[GrahamGarside]

nope

[steve0]

that's great, thx for the help

[GrahamGarside]

you should be able t get better timings out of it as well

[steve0]

so, if I decide to overl**** it, should I shoot for somewhat standard timings like 133, 166, etc?

-edit-

whoops, that's supposed to be overclock, little spelling mistake there

[Gizmo]

You should shoot for standard timings first. Odds are, though, that you mobo will stop you before you hit the limits of your RAM (I'm assuming your mobo runs PC100?).

Welcome to the forums! Thanks for stoping by.

[steve0]

my board runs PC2100, i was just wondering if I could do that without damaging my RAM. What I was trying to do was reduce the speed of my PCI bus, but I see know that it's not going to work.

[Gizmo]

Ah. Then yes, you can do that. Within fairly broad constraints, it is almost always possible to run your RAM at up to about 1/2 its rated speed without problems. Even then, you won't damage the RAM, but you may corrupt your data unless you pay special attention to your refresh timings.

[steve0]

Thanks for the advice, but as I'm sure you guys knew my idea was a bust. I still hit system instability at the same point, wether my ram is running at 100 or 133. I guess there might be a benefit in that my RAM might be running a little cooler. The timings you mentioned, Gizmo, they would be the motherboard settings like row precharge, etc? By the way, great site! A big help.

[Gizmo]

Yes, those would be the ones. And I'm glad you like the site. We try to help.