Gaming RAM?

[Diablo1123]

Okay, so according to my motherboard manufacturer site, my motherboard supports

Support DDR2 667/533/400 DDR2 SDRAM

So what would happen if I bought and installed DDR2 something higher then 667?

 

[stormwolf18]

They match the highest speed available... 667mhz.
Ram is backward compatible.

 

[Joe88]

check what your current ram is running at and get one at the same mhz

 

[p1ngpong]

If you have ram with different speeds on the same board both will operate at the lower speed, so if you have a 800 and 667 module installed both will work at 667, but dont get an 800 you will be paying more for no reason!

 

[Seyiji]

but dont get an 800 you will be paying more for no reason!

Not if you overclock

 

[Joe88]

im assuming his board is a locked manufactures

 

[Diablo1123]

Nope, its a board with an intergrated graphics and overclocks the CPU really really well

Of course I bought a better graphics card already.

 

[Myke]

for some ram, you may have to change the timings in the bios to run at the speed the ram is intended to run.

 

[xcalibur]

some boards really dislike ram thats too fast and crash constantly.
I used to run 800mhz ddr2 dual channel on a 533mhz max board and it would crash every 2 hours.

 

[Diablo1123]

So I just bought some ram (Black fridays fun)
Go some Crucial Ballistix 2x2GB things, my motherboard has 2 slots, and will not boot without my original ram in for some reason

Anyone have any idea whats wrong?
Or should I just stay with 3 GB

 

[FAST6191]

You might need to do a bios update, some new types of ram may (such as what you have) may have been added. Technically they are supported but the earlier BIOS will not have them. Some also have 3rd party hacks but I do not suggest using them unless you know what you are doing.

Note also that 4 gigs is the limit for most 32 bit operating systems (it gets a bit more complex mind you) so you will likely only end up with about 3 anyway (4 gigs becomes around 3. something after graphics card (if external) and other addressing is taken care of).
I suppose it could be a problem related to the above but it is rare (all I have seen just display less than the available ram).