Question about memory (RAM)

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If I have two sticks of "512MB DDR 333 PC2700" but they are different
brands, will they be able to run together in the same PC?
 
Gaffer said:
If I have two sticks of "512MB DDR 333 PC2700" but they are different
brands, will they be able to run together in the same PC?
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Probably...
If they are different speed ratings (DDR speed), they will be fine, but run
at the lowest common speed.
If they have different latency timings (CAS) then you might encounter
problems. The CAS speed is usually 2, 2.5 or 3.
 
If I have two sticks of "512MB DDR 333 PC2700" but they are different
brands, will they be able to run together in the same PC?
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Of all potential variables, brand does not matter.

If motherboard doesn't automatically set them to
appropriate, error-free timings then manually set that in
the bios to the slowest common denominator for both.

Test the config for several hours with
http://www.memtest86.com prior to booting the operating
system to avoid potential file corruption.
 
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