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| 366518 | 2005-06-24 04:57:00 | I currently have one stick of 512 MB DDR PC2100 266MHZ in one of the three slots on my mobo. (Soltek SL-KT400-C/KT400-A4C ) I would like to put another stick of 512 in... Do I have to put pc2100 266mhz in? Or would any speed work? Does mixing speeds cause any conflicts? What is the best combination? Thanks. M. |
Mantis (3703) | ||
| 366519 | 2005-06-24 05:11:00 | Depends what the mobo can go up to for ram. If it only supports 266, and u chuck 400 DDR in, it will most probably run at 266 ram speed. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 366520 | 2005-06-24 05:30:00 | Depends what the mobo can go up to for ram. If it only supports 266, and u chuck 400 DDR in, it will most probably run at 266 ram speed. Google says.... SOCKET A, VIA KT400, FSB 333/266/200, DDR 400/333/266, 6CH AUDIO, ATX So its find to run two differnt speed sticks in different slots??? M. |
Mantis (3703) | ||
| 366521 | 2005-06-24 05:53:00 | Yup it should be alright, since it supports both 266 and 400 DDR ram. Just make sure the mobo can handle 1GB of ram, if you do decide to get 2 512MB simms. And u have 2k/XP +. 98 and older OS's maybe able to use 1GB, but u have to edit autoexec.bat I think it is, in order for it to work. Or it'll crash. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 366522 | 2005-06-24 05:59:00 | wont the mobo automaticly slow down the faster ram so that they run at the same speed? | CyberGeek (8008) | ||
| 366523 | 2005-06-24 06:07:00 | most of the time the motherboard will run the ram at the speed of the slowest one. however sometimes it dosn't and will try to run the slow one at a higher speed causeing all sorts of fun ;) | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 366524 | 2005-06-24 09:47:00 | most of the time the motherboard will run the ram at the speed of the slowest one. however sometimes it dosn't and will try to run the slow one at a higher speed causeing all sorts of fun ;) So to avoid possible problems/complications it would be best to get the same speed ram? How likey if I did get faster speed ram is it to cause problems? Thanks. M. |
Mantis (3703) | ||
| 366525 | 2005-06-24 10:13:00 | the only way to avoid problems/complications is to use the exact same ram as you already have. however thats near on impossible so just use whatever you can get and worry about any problems when/if they arrise. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 366526 | 2005-06-24 10:44:00 | If you are planning on replacing your current ram with faster stuff sometime in the near future, then get the faster RAM & your motherboard should run it at the slower speed so you won't get any problems, but if you are planning on keeping your existing RAM, buying faster stuff is a waste of money. | Greven (91) | ||
| 366527 | 2005-06-24 11:15:00 | but if you are planning on keeping your existing RAM, buying faster stuff is a waste of money. not quite...trouble is you may not even FIND the slower ram and in a lot of cases its dearer than the faster stuff (new that is not 2nd hand) however you do make a point....it might be better to sell your old ram and buy new faster ram. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
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