Qualified memory compatibility

[summers50]

I'm planning on getting a new gigabyte motherboard, from gigabyte, and it has only a certain number of ram models that can work with it. What makes the memory compatible with that board? For example, it supports DDR2 800, and I have A-data 2gb DDR2 800 just like it says in the memory guide. But, it's not the right model. Would it still be able to work?

 

[treefrog07]

Probably. DDR2 RAM is more "standard" than DDR3; it's voltages vary from about 1.85V to 2.1V, which you should able to set in the BIOS. In fact, if you use the BIOS to set the voltage, the latencies, and the frequency shown on the A-data sticks' stickers, you should be good to go.

 

[andrern2000]

Make sure it's a DDR2-800 pure, not DDR2 667 OC. That's what makes it compatible.

Anyway, most DDR2 can work with motherboards nowadays. It's very unlikely that a DDR2 will be incompatible with mobo now, especially the Gigabyte.
But here's a nice compatibility list with A-Data memory:

http://oc.adata.com.tw/product-series.asp?sid=03

Checkout my rig spec below. It's A-Data and Gigabyte and it's working flawlessly.

 

[summers50]

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