BEDO RAM - EDO RAM

[cedrik]

whta's the difference between EDO ram and BEDO ram (not technical, but optical) .. i want to know how can i identify a BEDO RAM... thank you

[mavroxur]

I don't think it "looks" any different. Short of being able to remember part numbers of the chips, i'm not sure how you'd be able to spot it in a pile of memory.

[cedrik]

someone told me that he have ram sticks for sale .. and have both EDO and BEDO ... EDO i have a lot but i need BEDO .. and i want to know how to sort them: this is EDO this is BEDO ....and to check if BEDO its BEDO and not ordinary EDO ..

[mavroxur]

I don't recall BEDO ever being widely used at all. I'd be surprised to see someone with more than a small handful of it. SDRAM pretty much killed BEDO before it even got to market.

[cedrik]

i know that they are very rare.. that's why i was surprised when he told me he has BEDO ram... would be the first time when i see one...

[mavroxur]

I'd Google chip part numbers and see for sure, and take whatever he has if the price is reasonable.

[Qwerty]

There is no optical difference between EDO and BEDO. The modules are even interchangeable - EDO RAM will work in a BEDO motherboard and vice versa.

The BEDO modules are extremely hard to find.

[alexander]

BEDO Modules are "buffered" EDO Modules !
Sometimes the chipset drive a limited number of ram chips, then they use BEDO modules.

[mavroxur]

No, BEDO were Burst EDO. They could process 4 memory addresses per burst, allowing for up to 5-1-1-1.