# RAM Question \*w/drawings\*
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ram-question-w-drawings/14327
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [July 9, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ram-question-w-drawings/14327 "2006-07-09T18:45:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ram-question-w-drawings/14327/1 "2006-07-09T18:45:58Z")
My laptop currently has 2 sticks of 200 pin DDR 266MHz RAM.
I only have 384mb and I would like to get a 1 gig stick. I know that the computer will work with 333MHz RAM but is it possible to mix 266 and 333 ?
If so I would use the new 1 gig along with my old 256mb stick and go along my merry way. If not, 1 gig will have to do for now.
Actually since we are on the topic of RAM. In the computer I built not too long ago, I bought 2 sticks of 512mb RAM. The mobo has 4 slots and I know that in order to run the RAM in dual channel they need to be in the same color slots and the RAM needs to be perfectly matched. The RAM I received was not matched so I had to mix the slots.
Now if I want to add 2 more sticks will I be able to do so? Will the third stick try to match itself up with the memory in same color slot? If so then I am relagated to only 2 slots. If this doesn’t make sense I can draw it up.
EDIT: Pics of what I am talking about.
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### Author:  [@wickedcivy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/wickedcivy)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ram-question-w-drawings/14327/2 "2006-07-09T18:58:32Z")
to your first questions … i beleive the 333mhz ram will only run as fast as the slowest ram… so the 333 will be running at 266. someone can correct me if im wrong.
idk the answer to the 2nd, ive never really messed around with dual chan
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### Author:  [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ram-question-w-drawings/14327/3 "2006-07-09T19:04:37Z")
> [@wickedcivy](#):
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> to your first questions … i beleive the 333mhz ram will only run as fast as the slowest ram… so the 333 will be running at 266. someone can correct me if im wrong.
That was kind of what I figured. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ram-question-w-drawings/14327/4 "2006-07-10T03:45:04Z")
Anyone else?
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### Author:  [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ram-question-w-drawings/14327/5 "2006-07-10T05:23:28Z")
The ram is as fast as the slowest one - that’s a fact.
As for the dual channel - what mobo do you have?
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### Author:  [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ram-question-w-drawings/14327/6 "2006-07-10T05:31:12Z")
MSI K8N Neo 4F Mobo
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### Author:  [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ram-question-w-drawings/14327/7 "2006-07-10T05:47:55Z")
Ok, so the board supports it, and you are installing it right, so the last question is what kind of ram is it? You said 200 pin, but the board has 184 pin slots, so look at the ram and tell me what it says.
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### Author:  [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2006, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ram-question-w-drawings/14327/8 "2006-07-10T05:55:07Z")
The 200 pin is for the laptop, the desktop is 184 pin.
I don’t remember the exact specs on the RAM but its DDR400. I bought the Mobo, processor, and RAM from [MWave.com](http://MWave.com). They put those parts together and tested it prior to shipping (or so they said) They had both sticks of RAM in the Green slots. I put the computer together and it ran like shit. I switched the one stick of RAM out of the green and put it in the purple slot and its been working perfectly. This lead me to believe that the RAM was not matched.
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### Author:  [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2006, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ram-question-w-drawings/14327/9 "2006-07-10T06:08:55Z")
Maybe they sold you the non-matched ram. Check your reciept and make sure it says “matched pair”, or else you bought the wrong stuff. It is does say that, then they either sent you the wrong stuff, or it’s bad. Ram from name brand companies have a lifetime warranty, so if it is the bad possibility, call them and send it back.
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### Author:  [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2006, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ram-question-w-drawings/14327/10 "2006-07-10T06:11:21Z")
Its Crucial RAM. I talked to them back when I first built the computer and they seemed to think it was not matched so MWave fucked up. The RAM itself is fine.
My question though is if I will run into issues trying to put another stick in the second green or second purple slot.
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### Author:  [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2006, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ram-question-w-drawings/14327/11 "2006-07-10T06:14:11Z")
the only ram that needs to be matched is the dual channel i believe
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### Author:  [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2006, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ram-question-w-drawings/14327/12 "2006-07-10T06:16:14Z")
> [@BuickGN](#):
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> the only ram that needs to be matched is the dual channel i believe
It would seem that the RAM they supplied me is not Dual Channel. Not sure though.
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### Author:  [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2006, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ram-question-w-drawings/14327/13 "2006-07-10T06:17:46Z")
goto crucials website and put the part number in, it will tell u if it is or not.
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### Author:  [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ram-question-w-drawings/14327/14 "2006-07-10T06:21:29Z")
^ Ooohh will do.