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Old October 1, 2008, 03:09 PM
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Just out of curiosity what would happen if you put say.. 1066 memory in a motherboard that only supports 800 memory?
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Old October 1, 2008, 03:13 PM
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It will run at DDR2-800 if the machine is not overclocked.
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depends some boards are finicky with this stuff.

You may have to adjust voltage and possibly even timings.
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