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Thread ID: 13764	2001-12-16 05:17:00	ram, installing diffferent manufacters	Guest (0)	Press F1

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27687	2001-12-16 05:17:00	Gidday, Have HP 6615 win98se with 2 128mb ram installed, works fine, I'm thinking of installing another 64mb in the third slot which originally came with the computer, but it has a diffrent manufacterer, than than the ones installed. Are there any known problems when installing two diffrent maunfacterers of Ram? Thanks, Bob	Guest (0)
27688	2001-12-16 05:40:00	Most often it is not a problem. I assume you already have the memory so bung it in and you will soon know. It was more of a problem with 72 pin ram when you had to install 2 sticks at a time.	Guest (0)
27689	2001-12-16 07:44:00	The only major problems that can occur are when two sticks of ram with different speeds are installed i.e pc100 and pc133 ram wont run together even though they will physically fit in the same slots	Guest (0)
27690	2001-12-16 08:40:00	as the ram is bought at different times there is no way of getting the exact same ram again, so it will make little difference what manafacture it comes from. just be aware there may be incompatabilities. there is no easy way to tell what ram is compatable with another. pc100 ram and pc133 ram will work together fine as long as its on a 100mhz fsb board.	Guest (0)
27691	2001-12-16 20:49:00	cheers folks, thanks very much for answering, much appreciated. regards, Bob	Guest (0)
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