From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Dec 9 13:25:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16D7437B405; Sun, 9 Dec 2001 13:25:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([62.253.145.17]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with ESMTP id <20011209212515.GAON16633.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Sun, 9 Dec 2001 21:25:15 +0000 Received: from boog.goatsucker.org (boog.goatsucker.org [192.168.1.3]) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fB9LOcn68342; Sun, 9 Dec 2001 21:24:38 GMT (envelope-from scott@boog.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by boog.goatsucker.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA15128; Sun, 9 Dec 2001 21:24:04 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 21:24:03 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Nathan Mace Cc: Freebsd-hardware , Freebsd-questions Subject: Re: memory question Message-ID: <20011209212403.H280@localhost> References: <200112092002.PAA21532@uce55.uchaswv.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <200112092002.PAA21532@uce55.uchaswv.edu>; from mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 03:07:43PM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 03:07:43PM -0500, Nathan Mace wrote: > if a motherboard uses DDR ram, will it also use SDR ram? the reason i ask is > i'm buying a new system, and the motherboard i have picked out is a Soyo > Dragon Plus....but it uses DDR ram, and SDR ram is alot cheaper, but will it > work? Nope. SDR DIMMS won't even fit in DDR slots, and I doubt they'd work if they did. Anyway, DDR isn't exactly expensive, even if it isn't quite as cheap as SDR... although RAM prices seem to be on their way back up, so I'd buy it now if I were you. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message