Q: 0.1 V, right? Tad da dum!
Anyway, my bro had some Buffalo DDR3200 RAM Biostar M7VIW buy his (if he wanted to upgrade to a 200FSB processor in the future). I noticed after he ordered the “Voltage Support” in the specs on the website as it is 2.6V Newegg pages where other devices are listed as 2.5V. Will the 2.6V RAM will work fine on a MB that supports only 2.5V and has no tension adjustment? He had all the RAM installed and it seems to work fine except for a few quirks with a Microsoft USB keyboard.
Any thoughts?
Re:Since it says Infineon chips, and it's CL3, my guess is you don't have those Winbond chips. However, you *should* be fine with 2.5v…
Re:Thanks guys. My bro also said that it only counts up to 128mb RAM at bootup, but WinXP device manager shows 512mb, not sure what's up with that. This is the RAM he bought:
Buffalo Technology 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 w/ Infineon Module – OEM (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-150-597&catalog=147&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=1)
Re:Check which modules are on the DIMM if it doesn't have a heatspreader. Good DDR400 and higher come with Winbond BH-5 chips, and are highly desirable for o/cing, and they are usually rated to run @ 2.6v. It should still run fine @ rated speed @ 2.5v, as long as the board gives a solid 2.5v.
Re:My Asus A7N8X-DX doesn't even have a 2.5V vDimm option! You should be fine and like guy said, just run memtest86 to make sure it's all good.
Re:Run memtest 86 on it. if it checks out it is fine. i find that most MB overvolt the memory a touch anyway.
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