Memory Upgrade Question

[kthor]

so i have 2gb of ddr2 pc4200 533
can i upgrade that to like the ddr3's? or do i have to stick with the pc4200 or any ddr2's (like the DDR2 PC2-8500 1066 MHz Platinum Series 4 GB Dual Channel Memory) ?

not sure how this memory goes

Thanks for any help

 

[Cromewell]

so i have 2gb of ddr2 pc4200 533
can i upgrade that to like the ddr3's? or do i have to stick with the pc4200 or any ddr2's (like the DDR2 PC2-8500 1066 MHz Platinum Series 4 GB Dual Channel Memory) ?

You can put any DDR2 in but your board may not support the faster speeds. If that's the case the RAM will still work but it will just run slower than advertised.

What motherboard do you have, or if you have an HP/Dell/etc what model is it?

 

[kthor]

You can put any DDR2 in but your board may not support the faster speeds. If that's the case the RAM will still work but it will just run slower than advertised.

What motherboard do you have, or if you have an HP/Dell/etc what model is it?

I believe it's the intel d945gnt

let me know pls

 

[Mitch?]

1.4 System Memory
The board has four DIMM sockets and support the following memory features:
• 1.8 V (only) DDR2 SDRAM DIMMs with gold-plated contacts
• Unbuffered, single-sided or double-sided DIMMs with the following restriction:
Double-sided DIMMS with x16 organization are not supported.
• 4 GB maximum total system memory. Refer to Section 2.2.1 on page 47 for information on the
total amount of addressable memory.
• Minimum total system memory: 128 MB
• Non-ECC DIMMs
• Serial Presence Detect
• DDR2 667, DDR2 533, or DDR2 400 MHz SDRAM DIMMs

tada.

 

[kthor]

tada.

Thanks Much:good: