Memory question

My motherboard says it needs DDR 400 3200, but there's a DDR 333mhz 2700 in it. And my computer keeps shutting off when I try to install an OS. Is the ram probably the problem?

 

It would help if you told us more about your systems configuration,but as far as the ram the 2700 speed is 333mhz and the 3200 is 400mhz it should not matter about the speed difference it could be you motherboard is picky about what brand ram it needs, if you look on your motherboards web site you can find what ram they certify with that board or it could be a different problem all together need more info on your system to figure it out. I think if you post your specs I or someone here at Mg can help you out

 

Ok, i have an ABIT motherboard, AMD Athlon XP 2900, 250 GB Maxtor HD, AMD Athlon XP 3000 CPU fan, 64 mb Nvidia Geforce, and the ram I already metioned...

 

what is the name brand of ram and model motherboard

 

what size power supply too

 

The power suppy is a dyntex 400 watt, the ram is called, "Ultra", and the motherboard is an ABIT KV7.

 

i have never heard of that ram if ultra is the brand name i have an abit board and use kingston ram on abit's web site they recomend kingston, crucial, cosair. Have you tried the putting the memory in each different slots,

 

I did try the ram in all the slots. And Ultra is the brand name, i got it from tigerdirect.com. I'm probably gonna get the kingstom ram.

 

i have always had good luck with kingston what size is the ram you have i found on abit's web site some problems with ram that is 1gig

 

I'm looking at Newegg.com right now, and they have a Buffalo 256 mb ddr 400 3200. And the abit site also recommends the buffalo ram, so i might just get that.

 

buffalo is good,yeah new egg is the best no problems with rma if that does not work i always order from them great shipping time too

 

let me know when you get it up and running

 

Just a thought, I don't think the brand of RAM is the problem... Before you buy a new stick, try borrowing one from a friend and see if it fixes the problem.

 

If you get as far as the os install screen the the ram has passed the mem test,so its unlikely the ram,I would look towards faulty HD/install or bad copy of the os also post which os you are using and exactly how far you get.