Upgrade RAM question

[ahilgen]

I have a Gateway 6800-01e. When I look up the max RAM it says I can use PC3-8500 so my question is could I put PC3-12800 in and it just run at the lower speed?

 

[Tradesman1]

Can try, some 1600 sticks these days default to 1333 and may not play in the 1066 specced slot, sad part is most pre-built computers don't allow for manual changes to DRAM

 

[ahilgen]

If I were to try and change my dram how would I do that?

 

[Tradesman1]

In the BIOS, but as said most all prebuilts grey out the DRAM timings, voltages, etc (they are locked)