Will PC133 RAM work on my PC66 Celeron m/board? Help Please!!!

[deadlock]

I'm currently have in my possesion a system on a MSI-6160 (Intel 440LX Chipset) MoBo. It currently has one stick of 64MB SDRAM at 66MHz.

Will the motherboard support the regular PC133MHz DIMMs that you can buy in the shops these days?

I've been given all sorts of answers to this issue, and I need to know the real answer. I don't have 133MHz RAM to test, nor do I want to buy 100MHz RAM.

Help!!!

 

[duragezic]

Yes.

 

[Helznicht]

Yes, It will just run @ the speed you have your FSB set to. (66 or 100)

 

[samgau]

yeah..it should work, i have a stick of pc133 running at 66 on a i810 with a ppga celeron 333A... i can test it... i have both a stick of pc133 and an lx board... hmmm its a 256Mb stick.. i wonder if the lx chipset can recognise such a large dimm... i guess i'll find out tonight..

 

[InFlames]

PC133 RAM is backward compatible so you shouldn't have a problem.

 

[BurntKooshie]

The only thing you have to worry about is getting high density dimms. If you don't, which you don't seem to, you're fine.

 

[GregMal]

Generic 133's will work. I've got generic 100's in my LX now..
running fine....
Greg

 

[novice]

I am afraid the only sure answer is: Maybe! I tried some Kingston ValueRam PC-133 in a Soyo SY7I-WML motherboard and it would NOT work! Not with the PC-100 64 MB DIMM I already had in it, not by itself, either. So don't be surprised if it doesn't work, but then again, based on the other answers in this thread, it may work just fine. I guess it depends on the motherboard and the ram itself. Good Luck.
Chuck