Anyone with Computer Memory expansion experience

[RubenDouglas]

So my motherboard has a max of 1024mb and has two expansion slots... just recently I got a 1024mb DDR PC3200 memory stick to put in there... Ive heard from a few sources that many motherboards or systems cant or wont use all of the memory because it maxes out.

Does anyone know what Im talking about?

I had two DDR PC2700 512mb chips in at one time and that seems quicker than the one chip. im thinking the 3200 is going unrecognized or unnoticed and i wasted money. that maybe the system maxes out at pc2700

is it true that some systems just cant handle the extra boost from pc2700 to 3200 to even pc4000. I guess i shouldve done some research before spending all that money

[Admiral50]

Re: Anyone with Computer Memory expansion experience

Yeah it is true. Mine can handle 2700 but I've got 3200 ram in there. It just runs it at 2700. If you just want to gain more ram (and not quicker ram) you should be fine mate.

[Seether4113]

Re: Anyone with Computer Memory expansion experience

So my motherboard has a max of 1024mb and has two expansion slots... just recently I got a 1024mb DDR PC3200 memory stick to put in there... Ive heard from a few sources that many motherboards or systems cant or wont use all of the memory because it maxes out.

Does anyone know what Im talking about?

I had two DDR PC2700 512mb chips in at one time and that seems quicker than the one chip. im thinking the 3200 is going unrecognized or unnoticed and i wasted money. that maybe the system maxes out at pc2700

is it true that some systems just cant handle the extra boost from pc2700 to 3200 to even pc4000. I guess i shouldve done some research before spending all that money

Yea, you are right about some mother boards not accepting higher speed RAM. Also, it is generally true that 2 smaller sticks perform slightly better than 1 big stick. I.E. 2 512 instead of 1 GB.