Will my motherboard recognize the slower RAM and run it at that speed?

[AgaBoogaBoo]

My dad wants me to test a stick of 512MB PC2700 but right now I'm on an 865 board (P4P800 Deluxe) using 2x 256MB PC3200 sticks of Corsair. I want to be sure that if I take those two out and put in this PC2700 stick, the motherboard won't try running it at PC3200 speeds.

I haven't ever really done anything like this and so I don't know the motherboard handles changes in RAM speed. Should I just downclock my current sticks to PC2700 and run it? Will I have to mess with dividers or will it do that on its own for me?

 

[ProviaFan]

Unless you specified advanced RAM timings or frequency settings in the BIOS, it should automatically detect the speed of the new module and downclock appropriately.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: jliechty
Unless you specified advanced RAM timings or frequency settings in the BIOS, it should automatically detect the speed of the new module and downclock appropriately.

I didn't overclock at all, but I did set ram timings pretty lower since I'm using some Corsair XMS stuff, and this stuff I need to test is from Centon or something.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

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