Questions tagged [ddr]
Double Data Rate (DDR) RAM is a type of DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) used in computers.
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Want to install new DDR1 RAM. Will this work?
CPU-Z reads Currently Installed Memory as:
DDR 512 MB PC3200 (200 MHZ)
DRAM Frequency : 133.4 MHZ
FSB : DRAM : 1:1
Mainboard supports upto 2 memory sticks each of 1 GB.
I recently bought DDR1 512MB ...
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How can I determine the fastest RAM I can put in my laptop ?
I would like to add some RAM to my laptop but I have one small problem: I would like to know what is the fastest speed I can put inside it.
I know from CPU-Z that I use DDR3 RAM:
One piece of RAM ...
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dmidecode --type memory showing wrong DDR type?
A few weeks ago I decided to upgrade my laptop memory. In order to determine which type I need I used the following command on my Linux box (Ubuntu 10.04, not inside VM):
sudo dmidecode --type memory
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PC can't detect second RAM installed
I have PC with 512 MB RAM installed (motherboard manufacture MICRO STAR, chipset P4M800), pc was running very slow so I decided to upgrade the ram. I installed CPU-Z and check the ram installed on the ...
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What RAM should be first?
Currently I have 1 RAM stick installed in my computer (the motherboard supports 4 sticks of DDR memory, see my specs here at my profile info) Kingston:
1 GB
200 MHz
PC3200
I've bought another stick ...
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Is there any way to increase the amount of DIMM slots in a motherboard?
I have a computer with 2GB of RAM, and will eventually change the whole motherboard, but for now I only need more memory. The problem is that the motherboard is DDR2 and only has two DIMM slots, used ...
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Can a 2GB DDR2 stick become a 1GB stick?
I've just purchased a 2GB DDR2 RAM. My machine earlier had a 1GB DDR2 RAM stick. Now I put these two sticks together, and my machine, I think, showed only 2GR of RAM?
Why is this so? Will using the ...
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Single DIMM for dual channel motherboard?
I mistakenly bought a set of three 4GB Corsair Vengeance DIMMs for my dual channel motherboard, so I have one DIMM left over. (When I had all three installed, at boot sometimes it would say 12GB and ...
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Can two same single RAM chips start to work in dual channel?
Do i need to buy a dual-channel memory kit in order to use Dual Channel?
If I have a single 2GB chip and a mainboard which supports Dual Channel, can I expect to have dual channel enabled if I buy ...
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Is PC2700 SODIMM laptop memory backwards compatible with PC100?
Can laptop PC100-133 memory be replaced with PC2700-333 ? Both have 200-pin SODIMM.
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Can you tell DDR and DDR2 apart visually?
I'm getting a few old computers to take apart for parts soon.
Most of them are definitely using DDR2 RAM, but there is the possibility that one or two of them are using DDR RAM. Since these are ...
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