"DDR 333 only on computers with 533-MHz system clock speed"
"DDR 266 on computers with either 400- or533-MHz system clock speed"
The module that I pulled out was a 256Mb PC2100 at 266MHz. Ok the 512Mb of ram works fine. My question is, can both 256Mb PC2100 at 266MHz and my new 512Mb PC2700 at 333MHz be added in both slots for768Mb of ram? Someone told me yes it will just end up running at the slower speed of 266MHz. Is this right? That is what is supose to happen but in reality your computer may not even boot or it will be unstable and may even corrupt your harddrive. Please go an buy the correct ram, a matching pair in speed.
I just bought a 512 Mb stick of ram to add in my computer.It's PC 2700 at 333MHz
I have a pentium 4cpu 2.4GHz with a 533MHz bus and this is in the specifications section in my book.
"DDR 333 only on computers with 533-MHz system clock speed"
"DDR 266 on computers with either 400- or533-MHz system clock speed"
The module that I pulled out was a 256Mb PC2100 at 266MHz. Ok the 512Mb of ram works fine. My question is, can both 256Mb PC2100 at 266MHz and my new 512Mb PC2700 at 333MHz be added in both slots for768Mb of ram? Someone told me yes it will just end up running at the slower speed of 266MHz. Is this right?
Thanks in advance

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