MoBo/RAM Question

[Android412]

Is it going to hurt anything if I put a stick of DDR PC400 RAM into my MoBo, that is only rated for PC2100. I know it wont peform at 400mhz, but I wanna know if it's going to screw something up?

BTW the other stick in there is DDR PC266

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[Mainframeguy]

might not get recognised - RAM sticks usually need to match up.

probably won't fry anything, but I do not think there's much point in it if it isn;t going to work anyway.

Of course if anyone knows better than me I am sure they will post (wouldn't be the first time!)

 

[Peter]

if its a decent stick it should be recognised all ok, make sure to put it in Dimm slot 1 as being newer and faster memory may cause problems if its in Dimm slot 2.

 

[Lee]

How about changing the ram frequency in bios so that both match the lower frequency and see if that works.

 

[sean.ferguson]

just go swap/sell the stick of ram for a stick of the correct frequency. I wouldnt want to risk saying to you anything... however i do know that my old pc mb was only rated for pc266 and i used pc333 for a couple of weeks... but i wouldnt recomend it

 

[dreamliner77]

I've never had a problem using faster rated ram. Do it often.

 

[Android412]

Will it make a difference if the bored is rated for 2.5v, and the new RAM is 2.6v. Doubt it, but I wanna be sure before I put this thing in there.

 

[Maveric169]

It should still work, even with a voltage difference of .1v. .1v is not enough to cause it not too work. Average threshold variance is .3v I belive. Worse case it won't work or refuse to see the RAM board. Won't hurt anything either way.

 

[Android412]

Well it seems to be working fine. Windows rocognizes it as a gig of RAM, and my bios saw them both as DDR PC266's right from the first boot. Didn't change a thing. Thanks Everyone.

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[Maveric169]

Good deal!