Mixing 3200 and 2700?

"Rob" <noone.TakeThisOut@nowhere.noway.com> wrote in message
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> "Lefty" <oneleftnut.TakeThisOut@nospamapairofnuts.com> wrote in message
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> >I have an Asus a7n8x-x with 2 512 pc2700 corsair chips in it. The board
> >has
> > a max of 3gb. I want to keep the existing chips and add a 1gb chip to
it
> > to
> > max at 2gb. Can I mix 2700 and 3200 memory? I can only find 2700 in
512
> > but I found 3200 in 1gb chips.
>
> Yes, but all 3 modules will run at the speed of the slowest (ie as 2700)
> if the SPD information programmed into them is correct (check this
> in the BIOS after installation.)
>
> HTH,
> --
> Rob
>
>
>

Kinda like the old pc100 and pc133 eh?

Thanks again Rob
 >> Stay informed about: Mixing 3200 and 2700? 

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 >> Stay informed about: Mixing 3200 and 2700? 

You're right - I should have mentioned that the A7N8X is very
'picky' about RAM, especially in dual-channel mode, so no
guarantee it'll work without actually trying.

Regards,
--
Rob

"Brown Bear" <bxmet.RemoveThis@idirect.com> wrote in message
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> No guarantee that it will be stable even if you lower the timing if
> the memory modules are different. I had an Asus A7N8x deluxe with a
> pair of 512MB. When I added a third module, which was different from
> the first 2 even though they were all PC3200, I experienced ramdom
> crashes, I lowered the timings a lot but still couldn't eliminate all
> the crashes. I eneded up having to pull the third module. I think
> this has to do with the dual channel mode which requires the use of
> identical memory modules and there isn't anyway for me to switch off
> dual channel when all 3 memory slots are in use.
>
> On Wed, 9 May 2007 10:15:19 -0400, "Lefty"
> <oneleftnut.RemoveThis@nospamapairofnuts.com> wrote:
>
>>I have an Asus a7n8x-x with 2 512 pc2700 corsair chips in it. The board
>>has
>>a max of 3gb. I want to keep the existing chips and add a 1gb chip to it
>>to
>>max at 2gb. Can I mix 2700 and 3200 memory? I can only find 2700 in 512
>>but I found 3200 in 1gb chips.
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>
>>John
>>
>
 >> Stay informed about: Mixing 3200 and 2700?