"DaveW" <nothing@bot.org> wrote in message
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> 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
> news:HsGdncHz-7LiqX3bnZ2dnUVZ8s6gnZ2d@bt.com...
>> 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?
Thanks Paul and Dave. That is exactly what I was concerned about. Many
thanks for the assist.
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Keith Willcocks
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)