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Different RAM chips work together
Name: Roberto Date: February 18, 2003 at 12:11:12 Pacific OS: Windows XP Prof. CPU/Ram: XP 1800+ / 512 PC2700 DDR
Comment:
Does anypone know if it was possible to install two different RAM chips on to the same motherboard and have it still work? Basicaly I have a Corsair 256k PC3200 400Mhz and a Generic 512k PC2700 333Mhz RAM Chip. I'm Running the Corsair on a ASUS A7N8X MoBo with an AMD 1800+ CPU. And I just wanted to know if it is safe to add the Generic Brand 512K PC2700 RAM stick of memory. Or will it make my system unstable, or even worse fry my MoBo..???
Name: ryan Date: February 18, 2003 at 12:40:28 Pacific
Reply:
no.but your consair pc3200 ram will run at pc2700 speed. which isk 333mhz i would not recommand it
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Response Number 2
Name: I help U Date: February 19, 2003 at 09:30:21 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, you can mix different DRAM brands. Ryan is right though about the speeds. But hey, Your CPU is running at PC2100 speed. Unless you can set the RAM speed independently in the BIOS, you are running at PC2100 speed for your memory right now.
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