Hey guy This weekend my dad got new motherboard and i took one of his 1gb DDR2 ram sticks out and put it in my computer which also is for DDR2 i have it in there now but when i put it in i noticed the ram i put in out of dads computer was bigger then the one that its next to....... I didnt need to force this new ram stick or anything and its working my computer is now saying i have 3gb of ram but just wondering if it can be damaging to my computer becuase it looks totally different to the 2gb one that came with my computer.
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Aastii
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no, it won't do any damage.
DDR2 memory are all the same size, they are all 240 pin, the same length and have the indentation between the pins in the same place. If it wasn't compatible in size and shape, it wouldn't have fit in, and if it wasn't compatible in speed, it wouldn't boot up or work.
The memory you put in probably just has a heat spreader on. For instace both of these are DDR3, both are compatible in DDR3 motherboard, but one is larger than the other:
because the bottom one has a heatspreader on
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No, you can't. They are not compatible as they are notched differently.