DDR3 in a lga 775 MB?

[osteoart]

Can I run DDR3 in a MB designed for DDR2? Here are some specs: OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.14393 Build 14393
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name CUSTOM
System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model P43-ES3G
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU
Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5460 @ 3.16GHz, 3167 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. F14, 8/23/2010
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
BaseBoard Model Not Available
BaseBoard Name Base Board
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.14393.206"
User Name Custom\user
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 8.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 4.52 GB
Total Virtual Memory 9.25 GB
Available Virtual Memory 4.52 GB
Page File Space 1.25 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions No
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

 

[anti-duck]

No 🙁 DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 have the groove in different places.

 

[mbarnes86]

Simple answer no

DDR, DDR-2 & DDR-3 & DDR-4 Ram are slighly different sizes and designed so they can not fit in the wrong sockets


There are a few motherboards with DDR-2 & DDR-3 sockets or DDR-3 and DDR-4 sockets
but you can not mix the types on the same motherboard

see wiki on subject (DDR-3 & DDR-4 are different)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR_SDRAM

regards
Mike Barnes