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[GenTsoChiken]

ok, so one of my dad's old co-workers asked me to look at his comp. it was having low virtual memory problems. so, for shits and giggles, i opened the thing up and looked at the memory thinking that i might have an extra stick laying around, lets see if its compatible. well, it turns out its a 256MB DDR2 400 and im like "well THERE'S your problem!"

now here's my question, the stick that i do have laying around is a 256MB DDR2 533. i already checked and the computer can handle 533mhz. if i put both sticks in to equal 512, would it be compatible at 533 or would i effectively be underclocking the 533 to 400 to get it to work?

i know the simple solution is to just buy new ram as it is dirt cheap, but its the weekend and it wouldn't ship till monday and arrive till wed/thurs had i done it.

Technical Specs here, if you want to see them.

[AMDinside]

Usually if you put in two sticks of RAM with two different speeds the system will automatically lower the speed of all RAM to that of the lowest speed chip.

[Popsikle]

AMD speaks the truth!