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    Ram upgrade compatability

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by T3Knical5urg3, Jun 18, 2006.

  1. T3Knical5urg3

    T3Knical5urg3 Notebook Geek

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    Finally decided to join these forums and im glad i did. As of now i have a IBM T30 with its standard ddr pc2100 memory in it. Since one of my memory slots is dead I plan on buying a 1gig stick to replace my 256. I plan on eventually buying a Asus Wj3. My question (and im not sure of this is noobie) is can i buy the ddr2 PC2 5300 (eventually for Wj3) and use it in my IBM for the time. I don't believe so because ddr and ddr2 have different builds, but im not totally sure. Thanks
     
    T3Knical5urg3, Jun 18, 2006
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  2. ejl

    ejl fudge

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    you can't. the ddr2 ram is incompatible with ddr ram slots.
     
    ejl, Jun 18, 2006
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  3. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    You can use faster DDR memory like PC2700, but it will run at PC2100 speed. As noted ddr2 won't work.
     
    ZaZ, Jun 18, 2006
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