DDR RAM Question

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  1. baken19

    baken19 Member

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    I have 1 stick of DDR Ram in my machine. It says:

    Module Size: 256MB
    Max Bandwidth: PC2300 (142MHz)
    Manufacturer: Kingston

    Now im looking to buy two 1GB sticks for my computer, but when I called the store they asked me if I need 400. What does that mean???

    How do you I know exactly what type/kind of RAM I need??
     
  2. basquiat

    basquiat Regular member

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    depends on what motherboard you have, find out what kind you have with a program like aida32 or everest and im sure someone here can tell you what you need.
     
  3. baken19

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    I have no idea, I have this program caled CPU-Z That tell me everything thats in it. Tell me what ya need to know.
     
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    what kind of motherboard do you have? look under mainboard tab in cpuz and see whjat it tells you.
     
  5. baken19

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    Intel Corporation
    Model: D845GVSR | AAC44953-202

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  6. basquiat

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    by 400 i think they meant 400mhz which i believe is pc3200, according to intel that motherboard can only handle up to 333 which i think is pc2700, look here,

    http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/d845gvsr/index.htm

    hopefully someone that knows what there talking about can give you more info, i'm missing to many braincells to be reliable.
     
  7. boxwrench

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    Hi there, pc3200 (DDR400) is backwards compatable and will work just fine in place of what you have,although it will run at the slower(333mhz.)speed.
     
  8. baken19

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    alright so I can get the DDR400 and it will work just wont run as fast as its suppose to.
     
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    1 More question actually.

    On here
    http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/d845gvsr/index.htm

    It says: Memory - Two 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets
    Support for single-sided or double-sided DIMMs (DDR 333/266/200)
    Support for up to 2 GB system memory.

    Does that mean I can use DDR or SDRAM?? I can buy either one?
     
  10. boxwrench

    boxwrench Guest

    In this case they are one in the same,you may want to read this>http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/SDRAM.html
     

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