Question regarding an ECSK7VTA3 Motherboard (revision 8)

[ZowieHowie]

I got an XP2600+ (333FSB) . I was reading the manual, and it says you can use any DDR Ram in the board. There is an addendum though, which says:

"When your system runs at 333mhz CPU FSB, the memory will be automatically set to DDR333 regardless of the type of memory module (DDR400/DDR333)

We do not recommend that you use DDR266 memory module, this is to aviod system instability"


Now, when I bought the board, it said it supported DDR266, but it seems due to the revision of the board, it wants 333. Would I be able to put DDR266 in this board? Would it cause damage to the CPU? Any ideas?

 

[Peter]

The point in case is that the VIA chipsets can run the RAM faster than the CPU, but not slower.

You _can_ run DDR266 RAM in this board alright, but only when using a CPU with FSB200 or 266.