If you can find PC3200 that will slow down to PC2100 and is cheaper,
more power to you. Barring that, I'd say stick to what the system is
designed for. Some mainboards are more finicky about their RAM then
others. :)
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> I bought this pc off lease and have been happy with it except for being a
> bit slow somtimes. So I decided to up the ram. Research shows it takes up to 2
> gig of DDR Synch Dram PC2100 (266-MHz) Non ECC. However, when I opened it up,
> it had one 256mb stick of pc3200 400MHz!
> I wouldn't have thought this would be compatible but it works! Is it
> actually running at the lower (266 MHz) speed? And any reason I shouldn't stick
> with the pc3200 when upgrading? (Found some pretty good deals on pc3200).
>
> THX,
> -Phil Williams-
>
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