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Old 04-08-2007, 09:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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if you have a system that uses ddr2 ram can you put normal ddr ram in also?
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if you have a system that uses ddr2 ram can you put normal ddr ram in also?
No. DDR2 is a different specification than DDR. If I remember correctly, DDR won't even fit into a DDR2 slot.
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no ddr2 and ddr uses different slots
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ya the reason behind that is... DDR 2 typically has more pins than DDR.
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yeah ddr2 won't fit in a ddr slot and vice versa.
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hmmm.. I thought i saw a a thing on tigerdirect.ca, it was a barebone system and it said under mobo and ram type ddr,ddr2
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I dont know anything about that but maby the board had 2 DDR sockets and 2 DDR2 sockets... you'll have to look into it.
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