Guest Gnarlodious Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 I installed a 512 RAM card some time ago and XP ran real good. Now a computer tech who I am not sure I trust as found the card and blamed it for a software registration error. He removed the 512 card (actually a DDR 400mhz) and explained that it is the "wrong speed and not recognized by Windows". He says even though the numbers on the System Control Panel match the RAM Windows still ignores it. This sounds bogus to me, is he lying? Do RAM cards need to be matched in speed? I would rather upgrade to faster rather than use the old slow cards. Thanks.
Guest Richard in AZ Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Re: Differing speed of RAM cards "Gnarlodious" <lists.gnarlodious@gmail.com> wrote in message news:5b2d6ae1-0d17-497e-93fb-d6ba8332bdfb@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... |I installed a 512 RAM card some time ago and XP ran real good. Now a | computer tech who I am not sure I trust as found the card and blamed | it for a software registration error. He removed the 512 card | (actually a DDR 400mhz) and explained that it is the "wrong speed and | not recognized by Windows". He says even though the numbers on the | System Control Panel match the RAM Windows still ignores it. This | sounds bogus to me, is he lying? Do RAM cards need to be matched in | speed? I would rather upgrade to faster rather than use the old slow | cards. | | Thanks. I would find another tech if your don't trust him/her. Unless your motherboard specifically requires "matched pairs" of memory it will use the card. But if you have two card with different speeds, you machine will work at the slower of the two speeds, not the faster card speed.
Guest Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 Re: Differing speed of RAM cards "Gnarlodious" <lists.gnarlodious@gmail.com> wrote in message news:5b2d6ae1-0d17-497e-93fb-d6ba8332bdfb@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... >I installed a 512 RAM card some time ago and XP ran real good. Now a > computer tech who I am not sure I trust as found the card and blamed > it for a software registration error. He removed the 512 card > (actually a DDR 400mhz) and explained that it is the "wrong speed and > not recognized by Windows". He says even though the numbers on the > System Control Panel match the RAM Windows still ignores it. This > sounds bogus to me, is he lying? Do RAM cards need to be matched in > speed? I would rather upgrade to faster rather than use the old slow > cards. > > Thanks. Yes, Windows usually needs all RAM to be the same even if the motherboard doesn't. -- Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM Do not reply with email
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