I'm in the process of upgrading my tower PC because its showing signs of motherboard failure. I've found the processor, motherboard, RAM, and video card that I want, but I've been having a bear of a time trying to find out if I can run the RAM I want to buy on the laptop I've chosen.

Maybe you guys can help me. I want to purchase this ASRock AM2V890-VSTA motherboard along with this 1GB stick of DDR2-800 (PC 6400) RAM.

The problem I'm having is with the voltages. The motherboard doesn't have any actual RAM voltage settings in its BIOS (other than Low, Normal, High, and Auto), so its hard to know what voltages the motherboard supports. One site mentions that the motherboard is rated for RAM at 1.8v, but this isn't the motherboard's manufacturer, so I can't be 100% sure. The RAM says its rated at 1.9v-2.0v. The question I have is, will this RAM work with this motherboard, taking into account the voltages? Does RAM work if its functioning under a lower voltage?

And that announcement? It really wasn't that amazing, only that Dell upgraded my Axim x50 to an x51 for free...I have a chat log, so I might go ahead and post that and explain how I cheated the system in my next entry :P