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[atc_traffic856]

A little info for memory in a MMX vxpro 166MHZ / Do not have the manual and I believe it is one step up from the original Pentium MMX / This is also a MMX Pentium>>
I dismantled my original Pent with win95 and replaced some of the simms.
The memory for this was all 72simms/ and would only run win95 with the max storage of 2.0g.
Now have another pc that i dismantled it is a vxpro chipset pentium MMX
But this one has a mixture of 72simms and Dimms/ 4slots for the simms/ and 3 slots for the dimms. This one has the capability of running win98. My question is what bank of memory the simms or dimms that data requested from the cpu is first? The other question is with this mixture of memory would require a certain chipset to run the configurations, would this MMX Pro system be capable of running a larger HD then 2.0 g??
Thank you

[Paleo Pete]

Whether it can use both types of RAM depends a lot on the motherboard and its BIOS. A few Socket 7 boards would handle both, most would not. You have to use either/or, but not both 72 pin SIMM and 168 Pin DIMM at the same time.

Given the choice, I'll go with 168 pin DIMM every time, it's generally faster, requires only one chip and can often be found in larger amounts, 72 pin is getting harder to find every day, and the 2 or 3 slots will usually support more total RAM than four 72Pin slots. I'm not sure about 72 pin, but boards using DIMM usually try slot 1 for RAM first.

The "vxpro" makes me suspect it might be the Intel 430VX chipset, which can only cache 64MB RAM no matter which type you use, any more than that and it will run flaky at best, not at all at worst...

Get some more info on that board and maybe some of the folks here can get some specs and give you a better idea what the board will handle. During the first boot screen the [Pause] key should stop everything long enough to write down the BIOS ID string at bottom left of the display. It's a long number, use [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Delete] to force a reboot if it won't pause.

Take the BIOS ID string to Wim's BIOS (http://www.wimsbios.com) and see if you can look it up. Post it here and we might be able to get some info too.

Socket 7 boards using Intel MMX/AMD K-6/2 CPUs usually will handle up to 8.4 GB drives, or maybe it's 8.6 GB...

[atc_traffic856]

Thanks Pete for the info and site, will collect info and if it is what I am seeking // Then I will post all the info in regards to the chipset as to what it may handle et cetra.