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So i'm upgrading a really old PC to turn it into a rudimentary home server and I have no idea what ram my cpu supports. DDR or DDR2. My cpu is an amd athlon xp 2200+. Any ideas?

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What motherboard do you have?

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It's either SDRAM or DDR SDRAM.

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So i'm upgrading a really old PC to turn it into a rudimentary home server and I have no idea what ram my cpu supports. DDR or DDR2. My cpu is an amd athlon xp 2200+. Any ideas?

Could you post a picture? And its only DDR.

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What motherboard do you have?

MSI MS-6712

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I believe it is DDR as that is what AMDs Socket As ran.

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MSI MS-6712

It's definitely DDR. Alternatively, you could look up DDR and DDR2 and match the notches with your board and/or RAM sticks.

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MSI MS-6712

http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/motherboards_d/MSI/KT4AV%2B%2528MS-6712%2529/

http://www.manualslib.com/manual/360285/Msi-Kt4a-V.html

Its DDR

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It's definitely DDR. Alternatively, you could look up DDR and DDR2 and match the notches with your board and/or RAM sticks.

Also do you know how much ram this thing will support?

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DDR.

 

Also do you know how much ram this thing will support?

If it supports anything more than 2GB, I will be amazed. More than 3GB and I will be thoroughly shocked.

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Also do you know how much ram this thing will support?

3GB is the number I have. http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/motherboards_d/MSI/KT4AV%2B%2528MS-6712%2529/

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Also do you know how much ram this thing will support?

3GB

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Thank you very much guys. File server for school work here I come

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I had one of those once. MSI KT4-V. Using the VIA KT400 chipset. Probably one of the last good chipsets VIA put out. Once they hit the K8 series they got super wonky.

 

Be careful with DDR RAM in that board, it is from what I call the "Annoying Compatibility" era where everything hates each other. Stick to the approved memory list for the board and it should work fine.

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I had one of those once. MSI KT4-V. Using the VIA KT400 chipset. Probably one of the last good chipsets VIA put out. Once they hit the K8 series they got super wonky.

 

Be careful with DDR RAM in that board, it is from what I call the "Annoying Compatibility" era where everything hates each other. Stick to the approved memory list for the board and it should work fine.

I think I got lucky in that regard with all of my old boards. Everything works with everything from my 386DX 40 board all the way to my Abit VP6.

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I think I got lucky in that regard with all of my old boards. Everything works with everything from my 386DX 40 board all the way to my Abit VP6.

HA! ABIT! I miss Abit!

 

I had a lot of issues with my first "true" gaming PC. Athlon Thunderbird 1333 on an Asus A7V266. I must have exchanged five or six sets of RAM until I got some that worked. Had to use... I think it was Corsair ValueRAM at the time.

 

Still have that board but it won't POST anymore. Makes me sad.

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