Re: RAM speeds/specs

["domdevitto" <dom@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Great advice - the crucial site also tells you how many slots a mb
has, the compatible sizes and type of ram for each slot, and if it
needs to be 'banked' (kept in pairs, or quads - both are now rare for
consumer PCs).

DDR1 spec says that speed backwards compatibility (step-down) is
mandatory, IIRC.  All RAM since 100Mhz has been that way...though mbs
can always be 'picky' about speed, as well as it's timings.

I suggest you give it a go - you're *very* unlikely to damage
anything, and if it boots into MS Windows, that's a pretty good test
(windows 'works' RAM pretty had on startup - Linux/BSDs can often
start and run for days with dodgy ram!)

Dom

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Brian Smith" <briview@...> wrote:
>
> I'm 99% sure it'll step down to what ever the motherboard will
support.
> Have you looked at Crucial's website?  You can put the motherboard
details
> in and it'll tell you what memory is supported.  You don't
necessarily need
> to buy their memory but I find it useful to double check the specs
of what
> you need to buy.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of
> Tim Hawes
> Sent: 13 April 2008 19:08
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] RAM speeds/specs
>
> I'm hoping this isn't OT as it's for a music server.
>
> I've got a mobo which says 266 or 333 MHz DDR RAM is suitable. Can I
> put 400 MHz in it but just accept it won't run at 400 MHz, or do I
> have to find the right speed?
>
> TIA,
>
> Tim.
>
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