[Absent]

WIll it matter if i use SD ram in a DDR motherboard? are motherboards specific to RAM types? or are they universal where you can use any type?

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As far as I know they are not universal. First of all I believe they have a different ammount of pins. I could be wrong on it though so don't take my word on it. DDR ram operates much faster than SDram though so if you have a DDR motherboard you're going to undoubtably fry the SDram and if you have DDRam on an SDram motherboard DDRram is going to have to go slower than it can go so there will be a conflict of some sort between there.

[Ryukishen]

As far as I know they are not universal. First of all I believe they have a different ammount of pins. I could be wrong on it though so don't take my word on it. DDR ram operates much faster than SDram though so if you have a DDR motherboard you're going to undoubtably fry the SDram and if you have DDRam on an SDram motherboard DDRram is going to have to go slower than it can go so there will be a conflict of some sort between there.

[Thebinaryman]

for sure you will not be able to mix types, you cant even mix different speeds of ddr let alone different types. i believe sdram is only made in simm boards and 168-pin dimm boards. all ddr ram is made in 184-pin dimm boards (i think) outside of rimm's.

[dsenette]

to find out exactly what ram you need go to www.crucial.com and put in your motherboard make and model, it iwll tell you all forms of ram compatible with your motherboard...and they will give you a good price

[Absent]

thanks