Hi i want to upgrade my ram to 1gig, but when i look at all the different ram available my head is about to bust. I am not computer litterate so go easy guys please. my motherboard is..... K7som+ ECS Elitegroup i know its 184 pin but the rest of the numbers that come with different ram is confusing me please help. Will any 184 pin ram work regardless of the other numbers such as 2700,3200.

Hello oldman,
You may also see the numbers DDR266 (PC2100), DDR333 (PC2700), or DDR400 (PC 3200) along side those other numbers. The numbers represent the maximum frequency that the particular RAM is rated for.

I took a look on the interweb, and it looks like the highest rated RAM your motherboard accepts is 1GB (1 512MB stick in each slot) DDR266 aka PC2100. Does that mean your computer won't accept PC3200 RAM? Maybe not, RAM is capable at running below (and sometimes above) it's rated speed. But I can't make any promises as to whether it can handle anything above PC2100.

If you want a short and simple recommendation, here it is: (if you want 1GB of RAM) your best bet will be 2 512MB sticks of DDR266 PC2100. Keep in mid that your motherboard can only have a maximum of 512MB in either slot, so you can't use a single 1GB stick.

*Note: That stuff is only valid if your motherboard is a K7SOM+ 7.5C or K7SOM+ 7.5A Since you mentioned "184 pin" (DDR) it's a safe bet that this is the motherboard you're talking about. All the other similar motherboards used the old SDRAM instead of DDR.

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Thanks Schmidget
Thats a great help what i have is like you said 184 pin ddr dimm DDR266/200DDR SDRAM so pleased thank you again please feel free to pop in for coffee when you are passing.

Hi

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