Corsair XMS PC3200 question

[Vornash]

I currently have 512mb stick of Corsair XMS PC3200, but it's about a year old. If I buy a new stick, will it work in dual channel mode with the old one? I know the old one has weaker timings, so I'm not sure if they are compatible.

[Shade00]

The chances are not that great for the two to work together. It's likely that an old stick of Corsair PC3200 uses Winbond BH-6 chips, while a newer stick will almost definitely use CH-5 chips. The two will not play nicely together.

[Vornash]

Would they at least run in single channel mode together? Or not at all?

[ultimasailing]

they would run, there is a small chance that they would run in dual chanel mode, providing you dont overclock them too much

[ciku]

mostly likely ull get errors if u run them on dual mode, they are using different chips, dual chan ram should be exactly identical :D