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Name: jackfood
Date: November 7, 2007 at 22:32:03 Pacific
OS: windows XP/Vista
CPU/Ram: AMD 3000/ 1GB
Comment:

Can a Corsair (1GB DDR 400 PC 3200 SDRAM) be mix with Kingston PC 3200/400 CL2.5?

I cannot find another corsair brand of the same ram anymore.

Can i put different specification of ram and mix around or must i put the same specification?
How about the brand, must it be the same too?



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Name: Cobra_R
Date: November 7, 2007 at 22:42:39 Pacific
Reply:

No the brand doesn't have to be the same but check to see who makes your motherboard and see what kinds of diff namebrands of ram will work with that model.


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Name: cliffpage
Date: November 8, 2007 at 05:53:28 Pacific
Reply:

many motherbaords list makes/models of ram that are known to work on that mobo, but that does not mean that ALL other makes/models have been tested and found not to work. Most of the time others will work also.
What you might need to look at is ram 'density' - that is where there are too many mb in each chip on the stick.
eg. if I had one stick of 512mb ram with 16 chips on (8 on each side), then I added another 512mb stick but that one only have 8 chips on, then the 8 chip stick is 'denser'(more mb in each chip) and might not work on that mobo.


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Response Number 3
Name: sano
Date: November 9, 2007 at 11:29:32 Pacific
Reply:

Hi,

I would advice against mixing these 2 brand's ram. I had experienced frequent rebooting having these ram on my abit nf7-s motherboard. here are the specs:

Amd 2500+
Abit NF7-S REV2.0
1 x 512mb Corsair valueselect DDR400
1 x 256mb Kingston valueram DDR400
ATI Radeon 9600XT

Now, i have 2 X Corsair 512mb Valueselect on it and that Kingston ram was sold online :->


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