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The_Hunter
06-04-2007, 09:10 AM
i have a compaq presario v2000 it has a infineon ddr-333 .pc2700s.memory stick in it, i can get a second hynix stick to put with it should it cause any problem or not

zapjb
06-04-2007, 09:44 AM
Might be ok. Might not run dual.

WHRST
06-04-2007, 09:48 AM
i have done mix memory before and it was fine but it was not on my new pc it was on my moms "old" pc and it worked fine but i would never do it on my current PC

lynx
06-04-2007, 07:17 PM
AFAIK all the Infineon chip designations begin with HY, and that's the brand mark for Hynix. Hynix use stick designation rather than chip designation so it's difficult to work out what's equivalent.

The way to get the equivalent stick would be to convert the designations. You need to be aware that the hynix designation is for a memory stick, while the Infineon designation is for a single chip, so you have to divide your memory size by the number of chips, and multiply by 8 to get the Mb size. You also don't get the bank information on the Infineon sheet (since it doesn't apply to individual chips), but you should be able to get that information using Everest (under Motherboard/SPD.

Designations:
http://www.hynix.com/eng/02_products/01_dram/down/DDR2.pdf
http://www.infineon.com/upload/Document/Memory%20Products/Additional%20Information/Nomenclature_Consumer%20DRAM.pdf

popwar
06-05-2007, 03:09 AM
i have pc2700/ and pc3200 memory on mine

kompelli
06-07-2007, 10:55 AM
When u use both the chips exactly same they r called matched pair & they run better than others.
It will improve the performance.

The_Hunter
06-07-2007, 12:45 PM
memory is same type just different brands

kaiweiler
06-07-2007, 04:11 PM
When combining different speeds, both sticks will run at the speed of the slower stick.
Using two exact same sticks of RAM is optimal, although not completely necessary.