VIA memory - again.

[Jeff Perry]

I just built a machine with a Via board and bought 512MB RAM (Samsung 
IIRC)off Ebay and it works just fine. Think I paid about $52 for it. I 
don't think there's special Via memory.

Jeff

Chris wrote:

> O.k., so call me cheap.  But call me cautious as well.
> 
> Buying a new  motherboard - a VIA P4M266.  The specs just say "PC2100 
> DDR memory".
> 
> However, MANY websites that sell PC2100 memory seem to have two 
> groupings (looking at PC2100 256 Meg); - average price $50 and higher
> - inexpensive price $27 - 30 with caveat "for VIA chipset only"
> 
> Anyone have any insight as to what makes VIA chipsets so special, and if 
> I can use the less expensive memory?  For example (and I have no 
> affiliation with this site, just the first on the list at Pricewatch 
> today); http://buyaib.com/25pc21brinst.html
> 
> 
> All I have been able to find is a somewhat inferred reference to memory 
> interleaving that VIA implemented.  Seems to me if VIA needs special 
> memory, it would be more expensive, not less?
> 
> Thanks -
> Chris.