DDR266 not avaialable, can I plug in DDR400

[ravi.xolve]

I've got a 845 chipset motherboard ogf Gigabyte. It supports DDR RAM of bus speed 266 MHz, and I have already got one module of this frequency plugged in one of the slots. Now I want to upgrade my RAM, but in the market DDR266 is not available. I could only find DDR400 modules. Can I plugin a DDR400 module into my motherboard without problems. Do I need to remove my existing RAM. Please help me. My PC gas gone too slow without RAM.

Thanks.

 

[shady_inc]

Yes you can.It will operate at 266 Mhz.How much RAM do u have currently??What's the size of the new module??Also what's their make??

 

[Choto Cheeta]

Yeah... DDR 400 will work.. as they are ment for 266 / 333 / 400 so will run as 266..

so yes u can buy DDR 400 ZION or such Brand..

 

[ravi.xolve]

I've got an HCL PC, so priginal is the OEM one (make of sth like cebit), I plan to buy Kingston DDR400 1 GB module.