What are the consequences of installing DDR3 RAM on a motherboard that only supports DDR2 RAM?

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would ddr2 memory work in a motherboard with ddr3 standard?

I just ran into something really weird.

My computer has DDR3 RAM. And the website from my mobo says it only supports DDR2. (I find this out, 2 years after buying the PC)

What are the consequences of this?

And how is this even possible? I thought DDR3 ram had a different shape from DDR2 ram?

Motherboard specs:

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RAM specs:

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score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 27 '11 at 02:35

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Your motherboard supports DDR3 RAM. See the manufacturer's page for the GA-MA790XT-UD4P. Your previous link was to the GA-MA790X-UD4P. Note the missing T in the second model number.

edited Nov 27 '11 at 02:35

jprete

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answered Nov 26 '11 at 21:23

shf301

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What are the consequences of installing DDR3 RAM on a motherboard that only supports DDR2 RAM?

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