will this Ram...

(PQI TURBO 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PQI24200-4GDB )
work in this mobo...

(ASRock N68-S UCC AM3/AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a Micro ATX AMD Motherboard )
???

Imdy

Imdy,

No, it won't support that type of RAM. However, if you look at this information (http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=N68-S%20UCC) on the Crucial website, it'll show the types of RAM it does support.

Hate to revive this but im cheap and have another question about the RAM listed above. I have been to the crucial site listed above but I was looking at the manual that came with the MoBo and it states that the DDR2 533 PC 4200 type RAM is supported. I then went to the AsRock webiste and looked at the compatibility chart, and this speed of RAM was not listed. Im confused. I also checked the listing for the other board that the manual supports and that board also does not support the memory. Id really like to use it as I do not really have the funding to spend on new sticks. I mean... really... will it work or not at all? No chance? Not even a little?

The board has slots for both DDR2 and DDR3 sticks and maybe that is where any confusion arises from. I can't seem to access the Asrock site just now but I doubt if both the Asrock manual and Crucial are wrong. DDR3 only gains a small amount of speed for a lot more money.

A generalization is that you can use faster RAM than the speed of the slots but of course gain nothing in return. This "backward compatibility" only occasionally fails when such things as voltage turn out to be different. As long as things like buffering and ECC and voltage are compatible (and never mixed on the same board) then you should be good to rumba. The Crucial identifier is very accurate and that is one reason they guarantee their products when bought on-line that way.

All you need to know about dual channel memory (http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/133/2).

I guess my question then comes to this.
If i were to place that memeory into the motherboard, is there any possibility that either the RAM or the motherboard could be damaged?
Both are working fine in their respective machines, and I dont want to lose either piece.

Thanks again.

I

As long as the pins and the notches match up, the sticks are inserted without force and are properly aligned and FULLY INSERTED and anti-static precautions are taken then damage won't ensue - even if the PC wont boot or whatever as a result.

You will very quickly fry a motherboard and/or the RAM stick if a stick is incompletely/incorrectly/forcibly inserted into what would otherwise be a compatible slot.

Am I missing something? This mobo clearly supports the RAM the OP is referring to:


- Dual Channel DDR2 memory technology
- 2 x DDR2 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR2 1066*/800/667/533 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB**


http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=N68-S%20UCC&cat=Specifications

Am I missing something? This mobo clearly supports the RAM the OP is referring to:

I don't think you are ... and I had mistakenly looked at the specs for ASRock N68C-S UCC (http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:BOnZaFHUflkJ:www.asrock.com/download/e-catalog/N68C-S%2520UCC.pdf+asrock+n68c-s+ucc+specs&hl=en&gl=ie&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgBo1psW8N0g8IAvzHEzPVYPYqfaz_oLuCCCso-JYbWupgipkFUFDhQu1Bqe4zBn2DEORLcdlR8LytOVxRiAqyHvt 5C5kkblUhSlmSCL2t68OdO9bfh1FgDcu2rF1T6UtDk7vPa&sig=AHIEtbQmrVp-XRSI1hRmprKwbvNeSrrPOQ) board which has slots for both DDR2 and DDR3.

Well the grand experiment worked... and so did the RAM. Not only was crucial wrong but so was AsRock, (http://www.asrock.com/mb/memory/N68-S%20UCC.pdf) and I sent an email to the support team and THEY said it was not supported. But as you can see (well you cant but youll have to take my word for it) it works just fine. Maybe not the fastest 4gb of RAM out there but working well for over 3 hrs now and not even a little hot.

So yay for me and thanks for giving me the info and support to try it.

Imdy

JUST becuase its not supported doesn't mean that it won't work. Usually though if its not supported you are not going to get anywhere near peak performance from it.