K7S5A can it take PC2700 (DDR 333MHz) Memory?

As above question, I have a K7S5A with a bios that came with the board,
around early 2002 I think, I don't have an overclock bios and don't really
want one

if it doesn't support it as per ECS website, will it "downgrade" and run at
PC2100 (266MHz) happily? then I can take it over to my next M/B when I
eventually upgrade

thx
Andy

You can "generally" use higher speed memory in slower speed boards. As long
as the memory type is the same, that is.

"AndyL" <> wrote in message
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> As above question, I have a K7S5A with a bios that came with the board,
> around early 2002 I think, I don't have an overclock bios and don't really
> want one
>
> if it doesn't support it as per ECS website, will it "downgrade" and run
at
> PC2100 (266MHz) happily? then I can take it over to my next M/B when I
> eventually upgrade
>
> thx
> Andy
>
>

It appears many are running pc2700 with no problems.
Any notable change after going to 512mb Kyle?

Frank

I have a pc2100 Crucial and a pc2700 Crucial stick in my older k7s5a.
Both are 256 meg.

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Kyle
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"AndyL" <> wrote in message
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| As above question, I have a K7S5A with a bios that came with the
board,
| around early 2002 I think, I don't have an overclock bios and don't
really
| want one
|
| if it doesn't support it as per ECS website, will it "downgrade" and
run at
| PC2100 (266MHz) happily? then I can take it over to my next M/B when
I
| eventually upgrade
|
| thx
| Andy
|
|

The memory test at boot up is a bit slower, hehe. Other than that, no
difference on a win2k machine.

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Kyle
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"FrankG" <> wrote in message
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| It appears many are running pc2700 with no problems.
| Any notable change after going to 512mb Kyle?
|
| Frank
|
| I have a pc2100 Crucial and a pc2700 Crucial stick in my older
k7s5a.
| Both are 256 meg.
|
| --
| Best regards,
| Kyle
| tired of spam, no email address
| "AndyL" <> wrote in message
| news:RF%Ra.3250$...
| | As above question, I have a K7S5A with a bios that came with the
| board,
| | around early 2002 I think, I don't have an overclock bios and
don't
| really
| | want one
| |
| | if it doesn't support it as per ECS website, will it "downgrade"
and
| run at
| | PC2100 (266MHz) happily? then I can take it over to my next M/B
when
| I
| | eventually upgrade
| |
| | thx
| | Andy
| |
| |
|
|

You will see no speed increase, the memory CAN run faster, but your
board does not run the memory at its full rated speed. You might try
using cl=2/ultra/6/3 for your memory settings and gain a marginal
increase in memory bandwidth. These are the settings I use with my
Crucial sticks.

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Best regards,
Kyle
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"AndyL" <> wrote in message
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| thx for that, mines is going to be a Infineon 256Mb stick of DDR
2700
| (333MHz) that's all the memory I will have on a XP home computer
|
| another Q, will I see an speed increase now, considering all I've
changed is
| the memory from 256Mb SD RAM 133Mhz to my new 2700 DDR?
|
| thx for the posts ppl
| Andy
|
| "AndyL" <> wrote in message
| news:RF%Ra.3250$...
| > As above question, I have a K7S5A with a bios that came with the
board,
| > around early 2002 I think, I don't have an overclock bios and
don't really
| > want one
| >
| > if it doesn't support it as per ECS website, will it "downgrade"
and run
| at
| > PC2100 (266MHz) happily? then I can take it over to my next M/B
when I
| > eventually upgrade
| >
| > thx
| > Andy
| >
| >
|
|

what I meant was will I see an increase from my old SDRAM at 133MHz compared
to when I fit my new DDR 2700 (although it will run at 2100)

Andy

"Kyle Brant" <> wrote in message
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> You will see no speed increase, the memory CAN run faster, but your
> board does not run the memory at its full rated speed. You might try
> using cl=2/ultra/6/3 for your memory settings and gain a marginal
> increase in memory bandwidth. These are the settings I use with my
> Crucial sticks.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Kyle
> tired of spam, no email address
> "AndyL" <> wrote in message
> news:21CSa.4463$...
> | thx for that, mines is going to be a Infineon 256Mb stick of DDR
> 2700
> | (333MHz) that's all the memory I will have on a XP home computer
> |
> | another Q, will I see an speed increase now, considering all I've
> changed is
> | the memory from 256Mb SD RAM 133Mhz to my new 2700 DDR?
> |
> | thx for the posts ppl
> | Andy
> |
> | "AndyL" <> wrote in message
> | news:RF%Ra.3250$...
> | > As above question, I have a K7S5A with a bios that came with the
> board,
> | > around early 2002 I think, I don't have an overclock bios and
> don't really
> | > want one
> | >
> | > if it doesn't support it as per ECS website, will it "downgrade"
> and run
> | at
> | > PC2100 (266MHz) happily? then I can take it over to my next M/B
> when I
> | > eventually upgrade
> | >
> | > thx
> | > Andy
> | >
> | >
> |
> |
>

Some info here:

K7S5A DDR vs. SDR Comparison Guide v2.0
http://pub140.ezboard.com/fk7s5amoth...cID=1367.topic

HTH
Frank

what I meant was will I see an increase from my old SDRAM at 133MHz compared
to when I fit my new DDR 2700 (although it will run at 2100)

Andy

I have to say the only thing that i really noticed when i switched to
DDR that actually felt faster was acrobat reader. Scrolling through
pages was sluggish before the upgrade. Other then that, it didn't
make much of a difference. I'm running kingston 2700 now by the way.


"AndyL" <> wrote in message
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> what I meant was will I see an increase from my old SDRAM at 133MHz
compared
> to when I fit my new DDR 2700 (although it will run at 2100)
>
> Andy
>
> "Kyle Brant" <> wrote in message
> news:bfg5h6$e10mh$...
> > You will see no speed increase, the memory CAN run faster, but
your
> > board does not run the memory at its full rated speed. You might
try
> > using cl=2/ultra/6/3 for your memory settings and gain a marginal
> > increase in memory bandwidth. These are the settings I use with
my
> > Crucial sticks.
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> > Kyle
> > tired of spam, no email address
> > "AndyL" <> wrote in message
> > news:21CSa.4463$...
> > | thx for that, mines is going to be a Infineon 256Mb stick of DDR
> > 2700
> > | (333MHz) that's all the memory I will have on a XP home computer
> > |
> > | another Q, will I see an speed increase now, considering all
I've
> > changed is
> > | the memory from 256Mb SD RAM 133Mhz to my new 2700 DDR?
> > |
> > | thx for the posts ppl
> > | Andy
> > |
> > | "AndyL" <> wrote in message
> > | news:RF%Ra.3250$...
> > | > As above question, I have a K7S5A with a bios that came with
the
> > board,
> > | > around early 2002 I think, I don't have an overclock bios and
> > don't really
> > | > want one
> > | >
> > | > if it doesn't support it as per ECS website, will it
"downgrade"
> > and run
> > | at
> > | > PC2100 (266MHz) happily? then I can take it over to my next
M/B
> > when I
> > | > eventually upgrade
> > | >
> > | > thx
> > | > Andy
> > | >
> > | >
> > |
> > |
> >
>
>