Memory Speed
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I jus got an 8 meg 60ns simm modual for my M1230XA. When I tryed to configure
it using SetXA program it showed minimum access cycles for the RAM of 3. I used
that that but after checking my performance using AIBB6.5 it turned out to be
no different from the 4 meg 70ns modual I had befor. I changed the # of cycles
to 2 instead of 3 and noticed a huge difference (I was 3.5 times faster than
A4000 040 in MemTest.) I checked my memory continuously with diffe rent mem
tester programs and it showed no errors. Should I stay with 2 cycles or go back
to 3 (like it was calculated by SetXA)? Am I overriding my memory? What are the
conseuen ces? Or is it that SetXA is not calculating correct # of cycles
Eugene:
The worst that'll happen is that you may get errors. Attempting to access
memory faster than the design spec is not quite the same as overclocking a
processor (you can hurt a processor this way but not memory). I'll check on
that 2 vs. 3 cycle thing.
–Redmond
Eugene:
The worst that'll happen is that you may get errors. Attempting to access
memory faster than the design spec is not quite the same as overclocking a
processor (you can hurt a processor this way but not memory). I'll check on
that 2 vs. 3 cycle thing.
–Redmond