[GLLUG] RAM Specs

[Chick Tower]

Well, I installed the two SIMMs, but the motherboard's beep code said it 
didn't find any RAM installed, so I put the old one back in.  I can't 
help but wonder if the speed differences (DDR200/DDR266 vs. DDR333) 
caused the problem, but I don't know.  If so, then Crucial would have 
had me buy useless "guaranteed-compatible" DIMMs.  Or maybe I damaged 
the "new" DIMMs by carrying them around in an internal pocket of my 
laptop case.


                                Chick

On 05/15/2012 09:28 PM, contactus at etherportcomputers.com wrote:
> They are the same physical configuration being all DDR1. The difference would
> come if you went to DDR2, or DD3 which have diffenrent connections. DDR1 should
> "dumb" down to that speed.
>
> Aleric Nielson
> Etherport Computers&  Solutions
> www.etherportcomputers.com<http://www.etherportcomputers.com/>
>
>      -------- Original Message --------
>      Subject: [GLLUG] RAM Specs
>      From: Chick Tower<c.e.tower at gmail.com<mailto:c.e.tower at gmail.com>>
>      Date: Tue, May 15, 2012 10:19 pm
>      To: "linux-user at egr.msu.edu<mailto:linux-user at egr.msu.edu>"
>      <linux-user at egr.msu.edu<mailto:linux-user at egr.msu.edu>>
>
>      The manual for my motherboard says to use PC1600 or PC2100 DIMMs.
>      Crucial's memory finder recommends PC2700 or PC3200 DIMMs. All RAM
>      recommendations are for DDR RAM. I have some DIMMs given to me by
>      someone (Jeff?) over a year ago that I just looked at and they are
>      PC2700, but it says they are DDR333. I doubt they are DDR3, but what
>      would DDR333 indicate? If they were to physically fit properly in the
>      two slots on my motherboard, can any damage or instability occur by
>      using DDR2, DDR3, or DDR4 RAM when DDR RAM is called for?
>      --
>
>      Chick