AMD w/SD ram problem?

[Rooster77]

I have always been an intel slot 1 guy....however I have now taken the plunge and built (2) AMD systems, one power and one budget. The power system is great!
My question is, on the budget system, I used a AMD athlon 1700+ XP chip with a ECS K7S5A mobo and 512mb of PC100 ram (just cause I had it laying around). When I first booted up the system it only saw the processor as a AMD 1152 or something like that, no problem, went into the bois and changed the mhz to 133 and viola a AMD1700 BUT it also took the ram up to 133. The system has been running for a few days now and seems to be ok, but if the ram is in fact pc100 and the bus speed is set to 133 will I have problems? In the bios you could set many different bus speed combinations but 133mhz processor and 100mhz ram was not one of them?
Any feedback?
Thanks.

 

[TechSupport]

it may shorten the lifespan of your memory dramatically, although its possible it depends on the type (manufacturer) of memory that it is.

 

[Henyman]

i would just leave it. if it fry's then u can buy a stick of 133 ram cheap enuf

 

[Rooster77]

Is there any way of telling how far I am pushing the ram? Acutally now that I think of it, I am not even sure if it is 100 or 133mhz? Is there any way to tell?

 

[Nick M]

Originally posted by TechSupport
it may shorten the lifespan of your memory dramatically, although its possible it depends on the type (manufacturer) of memory that it is.

I agree. It depends on the quality of the RAM, be careful.

 

[Rooster77]

hhhmm, the value system is for my sister-in-law...if it starts to become a problem for the ram, what would the symptoms be? Freezing? Running win XP, system will not be overclocked in any way at all.

 

[Henyman]

run a prog that tells you your system specs. it will tell you speed of ram etc really easylt. i cant remember the name of a prog i used that was really good:huh: