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				Easy RAM ?
				Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:46 pm
				by smack323
				if a mother board supports  DDR2 667/533/400 DDR2 SDRAM  will I be able to use DDR2 800 RAM - will it just run at the 667 speed?
			 
			
					
				Re: Easy RAM ?
				Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 1:46 pm
				by dicecca112
				You are almost correct, it will run at the speed of the FSB of the processor, unless your overclocking.  The bios will only be able to automatically set the memory for those speeds supported, it may not do it correctly for higher rated ram, and you may have to set it yourself
			 
			
					
				Re: Easy RAM ?
				Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 2:44 pm
				by martini161
				unless your talking about an nvidia mobo  

 
			 
			
					
				Re: Easy RAM ?
				Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:22 pm
				by Sparky
				So it should fit fine in the slots?   I've tried last week to drop some PC6400 in my old MSI K8N-Neo Platinum to aid my OC I couldn't get it to seat properly.   Held each stick up side by side and it appeared longer.   Maybe I'm imagining things.
			 
			
					
				Re: Easy RAM ?
				Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:24 pm
				by martini161
				if you have two objects on top of each other, the one on the bottomwill always look biger
			 
			
					
				Re: Easy RAM ?
				Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:26 pm
				by Sparky
				I must be lame.  I was kind of frazzled at the time trying to get an old PC back on track for my daughter to use this last weekend.  I'll try it again later.  Thanks.
			 
			
					
				Re: Easy RAM ?
				Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:32 pm
				by DMB2000uk
				Hold up 
There is a reason it didn't look like it would fit! You are trying to put DDR2 RAM into a DDR motherboard  
 
Dan
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Easy RAM ?
				Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:43 pm
				by Sparky
				DMB2000uk wrote:Hold up 
There is a reason it didn't look like it would fit! You are trying to put DDR2 RAM into a DDR motherboard  
 
Dan
 
Yep, I just went to the MSI website and like I said before.....I'm lame!
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Easy RAM ?
				Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 10:33 am
				by smack323
				ok - i guess i'll just slap it all together and hope for the best
ECS 945GCT-M 1066Mhz DDR2 LGA 775 Intel motherboard
Intel Pentium4 HT 3.06G / 1M / 533 / 775 (P4-519J)
G.SKILL   
Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ  
Type 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM  
Tech Spec 
Capacity 1GB  
Speed DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)  
Cas Latency 5  
Timing 5-5-5-15  
Voltage 1.8V - 2.0V  
Buffered/Registered Unbuffered