2100 and 2700 combo

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Genjix

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• Dec 19, 2002

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will a stick of 256 MB 2100 and stick of 256 MB 2700 work on the same board?
The board supports up to 2700.

and is this a bad idea to mix?

 

attack

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• Dec 19, 2002

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well it should work together at 133 FSB (or PC2100) but once you start going to a higher FSB the PC2100 might start to crap out. Your best bet is to put both sticks in at 133 FSB and keep upping FSB until your get errors.

 

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• Dec 19, 2002

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This is usually not a problem, but as already mentioned, it is likely that you will only be able to run them at 133fsb.

 

JaY_III

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• Dec 19, 2002

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PC3200 or PC3500 however mixed with other RAM COULD cause problems, as neither stick has been made standard so compatibility problems may arise

 

Ugmore Baggage

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• Dec 20, 2002

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I gather that even varying the brand among similar speeds can cause problems, not that it's ever happened to me.

That said, I don't see why all RAM shouldn't be backward compatible, regardless of spec standards laid out by a committee, but if you get CAS3 3200 and you had CAS2 2100 you'll actually have to run at (or near) CAS3 2100 which is the worst of all possible worlds.

 

JaY_III

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• Dec 20, 2002

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Ugmore Baggage said:

That said, I don't see why all RAM shouldn't be backward compatible, regardless of spec standards laid out by a committee

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It should be, and generally is.
the reason i have pointed out PC3200 and PC3500 is becuase this is NO SPEC and nothing layed out by a committe to ensure quality or compatibility

 

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• Dec 20, 2002

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Genjix said:

will a stick of 256 MB 2100 and stick of 256 MB 2700 work on the same board?
The board supports up to 2700.

and is this a bad idea to mix?

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to say it simply, yes they will work together but they will both run at 2100 speeds, even the 2700 stick since they can't run at different speeds.