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andrianto   08-26-2007 at 07:16:13 PM

Dear all,

I got an Abit SG-95 with Celeron 420 1.6GHz and I bought a DDR2 800 memory. Later I checked the manual and found out that it only supports DDR2 667/533. Is it possible for me to use the DDR2 800 anyway? Will there be any drawbacks then?

Thanks.

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badge   08-26-2007 at 07:18:40 PM
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andrianto wrote :

Dear all,

I got an Abit SG-95 with Celeron 420 1.6GHz and I bought a DDR2 800 memory. Later I checked the manual and found out that it only supports DDR2 667/533. Is it possible for me to use the DDR2 800 anyway? Will there be any drawbacks then?

Thanks.



You should be able to use the DDR2 800 you have, but it will not run at 800 mhz. It should work fine.


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andrianto   08-26-2007 at 07:26:59 PM
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Thanks. It's ok that it will not run @800Mhz - I'm just glad I don't have to buy another one.

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badge   08-26-2007 at 07:38:31 PM
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I will say DDR2 667/533 requires slightly less voltage. The DDR2 800 is 'backwards' compatible to 667/533, but you may want to increase to RAM voltage in BIOS with the DDR2 800. DDR2 800 normally runs to specs at 2.0-2.1v. in BIOS. It should run fine.

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