Hi,
Trying to help out my father in law, and don't want to ruin his system. He has the following system running XP Professional SP3:
Asus Terminator P4 533A Barebones System.
The motherboard appears to be a P4SC-EA according the the crucial system scan. The motherboard manual says that it can take up to 2GB unbuffered non ECC PC2700/2100/1600 DDR DIMMS. It is currently fitted with a 512MB stick (don't know much about it as not had a look)
Happen to have this lying around: D1D400-064283NG 1GB DDR PC-3200 400MHZ 184-PIN NON-ECC DIMM P/n: D1D400-064283NG - DANE-ELEC ORIGINALS
My question:
Motherboard manual says maximum PC2700. Can I put in PC3200? (As the manual was printed in 2003, I wasn't sure if 3200 existed then?) Can I whack it in and see what happens? Or is there a chance it will fry the motherboard? Certainly don't want to break it! I know RAM should be the same brand/size/speed wherever possible, but let's face it, adding a gig has got to outweigh any speed discrepancies, hasn't it?
Looking forward to a response! (and a faster PC!)
Thx
Trying to help out my father in law, and don't want to ruin his system. He has the following system running XP Professional SP3:
Asus Terminator P4 533A Barebones System.
The motherboard appears to be a P4SC-EA according the the crucial system scan. The motherboard manual says that it can take up to 2GB unbuffered non ECC PC2700/2100/1600 DDR DIMMS. It is currently fitted with a 512MB stick (don't know much about it as not had a look)
Happen to have this lying around: D1D400-064283NG 1GB DDR PC-3200 400MHZ 184-PIN NON-ECC DIMM P/n: D1D400-064283NG - DANE-ELEC ORIGINALS
My question:
Motherboard manual says maximum PC2700. Can I put in PC3200? (As the manual was printed in 2003, I wasn't sure if 3200 existed then?) Can I whack it in and see what happens? Or is there a chance it will fry the motherboard? Certainly don't want to break it! I know RAM should be the same brand/size/speed wherever possible, but let's face it, adding a gig has got to outweigh any speed discrepancies, hasn't it?
Looking forward to a response! (and a faster PC!)
Thx