DDR Ram

[Mark Haney]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>     I am building a new computer. It's a Gigabyte motherboard and calls 
> for DDR2 400 ram. I could not find the DDR2 available and bought 4 GB of 
> DDR3 ram. I did some Google checking and it appears DDR2 wants 1.8 volts 
> and DDR3 wants 1.5 volts.
> 
>     Does anyone know if 1.8 volts will harm a DDR3 ram? I have not 
> looked to see if I can drop the the voltage from the BIOS. Has anyone 
> had luck with this?
> 
> Karl
> 

I don't think DDR3 RAM will fit into a DDR2 slot, IIRC.  And the power
requirements were the reason for that change.

If I am not mistaken.


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