What happens when i put pc3200 ram into pc2700 mobo

[inveterate]

 

[Peter]

Nothing special. It works, at the maximum speed the mainboard can do. That's exactly what the Synchronous in (S)DRAM means - the board supplies the clock, and the RAM must be able to cope.

 

[Fern]

The ram should downclock to PC 2700 speeds. If it doesn't, goes into BIOS and manually set it to run at those speeds (PC2700 = FSB 166, or 333 considering the DDR)

 

[imported_Kensai]

It downclocks.

 

[inveterate]

Is it possible to Clock it back up to 3200 speeds

 

[Fistandantilis]

yes the ram itself dont remember what it was set to last, it goes by what the mobo tells it

 

[volrath]

Originally posted by: inveterate
Is it possible to Clock it back up to 3200 speeds

If you can clock the rest of the board up to 200mhz. But if the board supports 2700 and not 3200, then that means it doesn't support this speed.

 

[Mattd46612]

so really the best way to OC is take a ram thats a step or 2 up from the board so you can push the fsb through the roof.

 

[inveterate]

By a step or 2 up from the board u mean?????????? 2700 - xxxx - 3200 - xxxx - ????