About 15 years ago a friend of mine fried a motherboard and the new memory he bought for it.  He told me he put the memory in backwards.  I never understood how he managed that.  The notch in the simm wasn't in the center.  It could only fit one way. 

On 8/6/2012 23:03, Dazed_75 wrote:
If you get ddr2 memory into a ddr3 slot, you already broke it.  It will not fit due to the slot placement.

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Stephen <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:

If you get ddr 2 in ddr 3 slots yes given voltage pins are in the wrong place. But wrong timing will just be a non post.

On Aug 6, 2012 10:13 PM, "Derek Trotter" <expat.arizonan@gmail.com> wrote:
If you put the wrong memory in a motherboard, aren't you running the risk of frying the motherboard, memory or both?

On 8/6/2012 21:57, Stephen wrote:

Get me a picture and i can probably help you identify it.

On Aug 6, 2012 6:28 PM, "Steven A. DuChene" <linux-clusters@mindspring.com> wrote:
I have a mystery motherboard with what I believe is a Intel Nehalem server cpu.
I think the type of memory I need is PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz ECC memory.
The board seems to have a A, B, and C memory channel from what I can see on the motherboard.
I believe I can either put two identical DIMMs in with one in channel A slot 0 and the other in channel B slot 0 or I can I think I can put three identical DIMMs in slot 0 of all three channels.

I have tried PC3-10600 DDR3 Non-ECC DIMMs but I did not get any video,

Before I go out and purchase some new memory does anyone have any spare PC3-10600 ECC memory DIMMs they could bring to a PLUG meeting so I can try to see if that is the correct memory before I purchase new DIMMs?
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