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<blockquote data-quote="Geeky1" data-source="post: 511978" data-attributes="member: 34442">Odd. I find it unlikely that it was the mac being fickle that was at fault here. I suspect you either had bad chips or just plain bought cheap RAM.PC3200 is backwards compatible with 2700. However, some cheap PC3200-particularly the first sticks that came out at a fairly low price point-required higher-than-standard voltages to operate even BELOW 200MHz, and had very, very loose timings. Throw that kind of RAM in a Mac and it may very well have a fit... most PCs will too. I've dumped all kinds of &quot;non-Apple&quot; RAM into my Macs and never had a problem.As long as you buy *quality* RAM that meets or exceeds all of the computer's requirements, it really shouldn't matter for any system that takes DDR, DDR2, DDR3 (no Macs use this yet) or FB-DIMMs. SDRAM is another story... then you do get into issues with compatibility due to memory density.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geeky1, post: 511978, member: 34442"] Odd. I find it unlikely that it was the mac being fickle that was at fault here. I suspect you either had bad chips or just plain bought cheap RAM. PC3200 is backwards compatible with 2700. However, some cheap PC3200-particularly the first sticks that came out at a fairly low price point-required higher-than-standard voltages to operate even BELOW 200MHz, and had very, very loose timings. Throw that kind of RAM in a Mac and it may very well have a fit... most PCs will too. I've dumped all kinds of "non-Apple" RAM into my Macs and never had a problem. As long as you buy *quality* RAM that meets or exceeds all of the computer's requirements, it really shouldn't matter for any system that takes DDR, DDR2, DDR3 (no Macs use this yet) or FB-DIMMs. SDRAM is another story... then you do get into issues with compatibility due to memory density. [/QUOTE]

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