Matt08642 Daemon Poster Messages 506 Mar 23, 2009 #1 A friend of mine is giving me a motherboard and CPU, and the motherboard is DDR2 800. Until I can get some DDR2 RAM, can I use the DDR400 RAM out of my old PC, or will this not work at all?
A friend of mine is giving me a motherboard and CPU, and the motherboard is DDR2 800. Until I can get some DDR2 RAM, can I use the DDR400 RAM out of my old PC, or will this not work at all?
H harnar123 Daemon Poster Messages 539 Mar 23, 2009 #2 pretty sure you cannot. Anybody care to verify?
veg1992 Golden Master Messages 19,993 Mar 23, 2009 #3 Its not even the same type anyways... (pin wise) Unless you have that AsRock board that supports both
Its not even the same type anyways... (pin wise) Unless you have that AsRock board that supports both
Jorsoft Fully Optimized Messages 4,581 Location Oakdale, MN Mar 23, 2009 #5 Won't work. Asrock makes a board that supports both types, though. That's as close as you're gonna get. DDR2 is cheap as heck anyways.
Won't work. Asrock makes a board that supports both types, though. That's as close as you're gonna get. DDR2 is cheap as heck anyways.
OP OP Matt08642 Daemon Poster Messages 506 Mar 26, 2009 #6 That's fine, I just don't want to wait too long before I get to use the board, lol