J Jack_187 Commendable Oct 30, 2016 27 0 1,540 Oct 30, 2016 #1 My current chipset (Intel G33 Express) claims to support both DDR3 and DDR2 RAM, yet everywhere I look people are saying this is not possible. I bought my base PC with 4GB of DDR2 and trying to upgrade. Please help.
My current chipset (Intel G33 Express) claims to support both DDR3 and DDR2 RAM, yet everywhere I look people are saying this is not possible. I bought my base PC with 4GB of DDR2 and trying to upgrade. Please help.
Solution C C Calvin7 Oct 30, 2016 There are DDR3 and DDR2 RAM Combo motherboard models. They use either DDR2 or DDR3, not both at the same time.
There are DDR3 and DDR2 RAM Combo motherboard models. They use either DDR2 or DDR3, not both at the same time.
bignastyid Titan Moderator Jun 19, 2011 33,484 1,615 159,590 Oct 30, 2016 #2 The memory controller sypports both but very few boards do. The boards that have slots for both only support 1 or the other you can't have both. Upvote 0 Downvote
The memory controller sypports both but very few boards do. The boards that have slots for both only support 1 or the other you can't have both.
J Jack_187 Commendable Oct 30, 2016 27 0 1,540 Oct 30, 2016 #3 bignastyid : The memory controller sypports both but very few boards do. The boards that have slots for both only support 1 or the other you can't have both. So I can have just DDR2 or just DDR3 but not both? Upvote 0 Downvote
bignastyid : The memory controller sypports both but very few boards do. The boards that have slots for both only support 1 or the other you can't have both. So I can have just DDR2 or just DDR3 but not both?
C Calvin7 Titan Feb 19, 2013 11,725 334 76,490 Oct 30, 2016 Solution #4 There are DDR3 and DDR2 RAM Combo motherboard models. They use either DDR2 or DDR3, not both at the same time. Upvote 0 Downvote Solution
There are DDR3 and DDR2 RAM Combo motherboard models. They use either DDR2 or DDR3, not both at the same time.