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Re: Older computer memory trouble
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Originally Posted by Marc P.
Memory frequency wouldn't cause a burnout like that. Worst that would happen if the clock speed was off is the computer wouldn't post.
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Not true. I've done it, like I said, I have the RAM stick on my desk in the computer lab at school, it's charred on one chip, the board had the jumpers set to 133 and it was 100 I believe, it didn't burn out right away, but after a few minutes.
Newer computers would fail a POST, but AT style stuff was stubbornly determined to run, even if it was blowing itself out in the process.
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