PC2 DDR2memory sticks are incompatible with PC3200 DDR sticks. The PC2
socket has a different number of pins and voltage.
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DaveW
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"Keith Willcocks" <buccaneer@invalidaddress.inv> wrote in message
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> My son is contemplating purchasing this mobo:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/32bgjr
>
> and this processor
>
> http://tinyurl.com/38smrm
>
> Can some kind person confirm that, although the processor is 64 bit, it
> will
> still happily run 32 bit Windows XP?
>
> Also, the mobo states that it runs PC2 PC3200 DDR II SDRAM and above.
> His
> old memory is PC2100, are we right in thinking that the new mobo will
> still
> run it but suffer a bit on the speed side? I am a bit baffled by the
> PC2,
> I have not come across that before?
>
> Many thanks.
>
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> Keith Willcocks
> (If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)
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