Can 915G Combo support DDR2-800 ?

Hey ~~every1
My Motherboard is 915G Combo MS-7058 BIOS ver 1.6 which support both DDR1 & DDR2. Now i just consider to upgrade DDR2 Module. Can My Motherboard support the latest DDR2 667 or 800 ? There is a news that Infineon will start to produce DDR2-800 in June that 512MB DDR2-800 will be price at $93.
Here is Comp Spec
MSI 915G Combo MS-7058 BIOS ver 1.6
LGA775 Intel 540 Pentium 4 3.2Ghz
Kingston 512MB DDR400(Single Channel)
40 HDD Samsung (PATA-Spinpoint)
SW-252B Samsung Writer
Prolink V.92 Modem
PowerSupply 480W (20 Pin)

The ram should run OK, just not at it's maximum speed. For you CPU the optimum speed is DDR400.
I have my doubts that DDR2 800 will be available for under $100, but I have been wrong before
Do you intend on buying two sticks or one? If only one, stick with what you have now. If two I think you need to decide if what you are purchasing will perform any better than buying for more stick of DDR 400. Performance wise I don't think so.

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I was hoping one of you wonderful experts on this board might be able to help. I just bought a pair of OCZ DDR2-RAM and am having trouble getting the system to recognize it. Here are the specs:
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I've been working over the last 24hrs with the very helpful OCZ folks but we havn't been able to get anywhere. I realize that OCZ isn't technically on the 'tested and verified' DDR2-list for the 915G-combo board, but OCZ is a good name brand (up there with Crucial) and I went for the higher-end Gold-series (CAS3) so I figured it wouldn't be a problem.
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Sometime ago I used CPU-Z program and found out that the operating frequency of DRAM is only 266MHZ !!!
CPU-Z shows the real memory frequency. DDR stands for "Double Data Rate" (two transactions per clock cycle), which means that 266 MHz effectively translates to DDR2-533.
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and motherboard manual specifies support for DRAM 400-533 MHZ
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the question is that why when I set the BIOS to detect the frequency of DRAM automatically (auto option) ,it selects the lowest freqency to operate (instead of highest possible frequency) ?
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coz in the manual it stated 1GB DDR2 800 not supported
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[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer
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Information SPD EEPROM (DIMM0) :
Manufacturer : G Skill
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Hi all,
My "problem" is the following..
I just bought myself 2 new Kingston 2GB DDR2 667 memory modules. Thus expanding the memory of my macbook to 4GB's of ddr2 667. Now when i enter the system specs @ " About this mac" the system tells me i am actualy running 4Gb's of DDR2 800 mhz memory..
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