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The term PC 2100, PC 2700 or PC 3200 just means that the RAM
has been tested to operated at that data rate (speed)
properly. The motherboard determines the actual speed,
normally you can use RAM that is faster than that required.
If you try to use RAM that is rated too slow, the RAM may be
unstable and crash. If the RAM has a different chip layout,
CAS speed or other differences the system may crash because
the data rate is different in the two RAM modules.
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"james" <james@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| my comp says it uses pc2700 ram so i bought so more ram
and it kept crashing,
| i looked at the ram and it said pc3200 so do i need pc3200
ram or can the
| pc2700 work or was the ram bad.