Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:54 pmMy friend is thinking about upgrading ram on his computer. He has a HP Pavilion a1240a
HP
On the website it says the computer can only support DDR2 400 models, but the motherboard specs say it can support either DDR2 400 or DDR2 533
Motherboard specs
My cousin from America is coming over for a holiday in a few weeks and he asked me if I wanted him to bring anything from over there. Since ram is really cheap over there I asked if he can bring the ram for my friend, (and 2gigs for me
you can get 2 gigs for U.S.$140 there 
) Since the ram is going to come from America, I need to make sure it is compatible, and DDR2 400 is harder to find than DDR2 533, so I was thinking of ordering a DDR2 533 stick. My question is, should the 533 stick be able to run in my friend's computer?(even if it only runs at DDR2 400?)
I'm not too sure about it because the HP website only says it supports DDR2 400 and not 533 (I'm not worried about it having to run at 400 speed just as long as it runs, he won't notice a difference )
HP
On the website it says the computer can only support DDR2 400 models, but the motherboard specs say it can support either DDR2 400 or DDR2 533
Motherboard specs
My cousin from America is coming over for a holiday in a few weeks and he asked me if I wanted him to bring anything from over there. Since ram is really cheap over there I asked if he can bring the ram for my friend, (and 2gigs for me
you can get 2 gigs for U.S.$140 there ) Since the ram is going to come from America, I need to make sure it is compatible, and DDR2 400 is harder to find than DDR2 533, so I was thinking of ordering a DDR2 533 stick. My question is, should the 533 stick be able to run in my friend's computer?(even if it only runs at DDR2 400?)I'm not too sure about it because the HP website only says it supports DDR2 400 and not 533 (I'm not worried about it having to run at 400 speed just as long as it runs, he won't notice a difference
)