Help with upgrade

[~*Eternity*~]

Hi everyone,
I am considering purchasing this memory for my computer:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?K2BC32B88

I have one question, however. I noticed that it is a CL=3. The stick in my
computer now is a CL=2. Will this matter? And can someone explain what the
difference is?

Here is info on my sytem:

Compaq Presario 5310US
1200MHz Intel Celeron Processor
1.20 GHz
256MB
And here is what the Compaq site has for specs on the memory:
256MB 133 MHz SyncDRAM, 2 Total DIMM Slots Upgradeable to 512MB (SyncDRAM
DIMM required)

Thanks
Robin

 

[Chen]

CL (CAS Latency) is memory timings...

Check http://www.dewassoc.com/performance/memory/cas_latency.htm for more
info.

The performance difference between CL3, CL2,5 and CL2 is about 2-3%. But,
are you really sure that you have a CL2 stick? CL2 sticks is usually much
more expensive and used for overclocking.

And, I don't think that CL3 and CL2 memories will "collide" in any way.

// Chen

 

[~*Eternity*~]

Here is what it has on the crucial.com website for my computer
http://makeashorterlink.com/?O2EF62198
It says CL2. Now they could be wrong???
Thanks
Robin

 

[Chen]

Well, you should of cource trust them, but as I said, usually, it works when
mixing memories. The only "bad thing" is that all memories will run at the
"lowest" speed (i.e. your CL2 memory will also run at CL3)...

// Chen

 

[~*Eternity*~]

K. Thanks. The CL 2 is like twice the price,,,
And you did say that this is only a small percentage of loss, right?

 

[Chen]

You wont see the difference ;-).

// Chen

K. Thanks. The CL 2 is like twice the price,,,
And you did say that this is only a small percentage of loss, right?

 

[~*Eternity*~]

Awesome. Thanks so much.
Robin

You wont see the difference ;-).

// Chen

 

[Plato]

I am considering purchasing this memory for my computer:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?K2BC32B88

I have one question, however. I noticed that it is a CL=3. The stick in my
computer now is a CL=2. Will this matter? And can someone explain what the
difference is?

Who cares? The dealer should be smart enough to know what will work in
your PC.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I am considering purchasing this memory for my computer:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?K2BC32B88

I have one question, however. I noticed that it is a CL=3. The stick in my
computer now is a CL=2. Will this matter? And can someone explain what the
difference is?

It represents the number of clock cycles that the memory needs before
you actually get at data from an address once it has been selected.
("Wait States")

Windows can be very fussy about exact matching of RAM, and give nasty
failures in critical timing loops if they get onto a different spec
module. I would want to have the same value for all the RAM in the
system, even if it does end up costing a little more

 

[Jim Macklin]

If it boots at all, the system will be slower. You want the
same CL=2 RAM.

RAM is cheap, get the proper RAM of the size you want.


message | ~*Eternity*~ wrote:
|
| >I am considering purchasing this memory for my computer:
| >http://makeashorterlink.com/?K2BC32B88
| >
| >I have one question, however. I noticed that it is a
CL=3. The stick in my
| >computer now is a CL=2. Will this matter? And can
someone explain what the
| >difference is?
|
| It represents the number of clock cycles that the memory
needs before
| you actually get at data from an address once it has been
selected.
| ("Wait States")
|
| Windows can be very fussy about exact matching of RAM, and
give nasty
| failures in critical timing loops if they get onto a
different spec
| module. I would want to have the same value for all the
RAM in the
| system, even if it does end up costing a little more
|
|
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| Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
| Bournemouth, U.K. (e-mail address removed)8E8L.org (remove the D8
bit)