MSI 648 Max - Memory question

Hello everyone,
I have an old MSI 648 MAX MB for which I would like to do a RAM upgrade.
I can get DDR400 RAM quite easily, but they are Apacer 512MB DDR400 modules, which do not appear under the list of supported RAM modules.
Does anyone know if this RAM is supported, and if not at DDR400, can the BIOS settings be changed to allow it to run at DDR333?
TIA

Good day,
Here is the specs of the PC:
Processor : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Northwood 2.40GHz
Mainboard : MSI 648 Max (MSI MS-6585)
Memory : 2 x Apacer Technology 512MB DDR400
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 AGP
Hard Disk : ST380011A (80 GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : LITE-ON DVD SOHD-167T
CD-Rom Drive : ASUS CRW-2410A
Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RT8139 (A/B/C/810x/813x/C+) Fast Ethernet Adapter
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2
PSU : ProCase SH-400WA8/P4
+5V
+3.3V
+12V
-12V
-5V
40A
22A
15A
0.8A
0.5A
I will run MemTest86+ later and report back the results.
Best regards

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Goto the following link and see if this can give you some insight. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and it will give you configurations for that board. Good luck
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Good day,
Here is the specs of the PC:
Processor : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Northwood 2.40GHz
Mainboard : MSI 648 Max (MSI MS-6585)
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Well my roomate cancelled the memory test after 12 hours, so I dont know those results.
I do know that after removing 1 of the DIMMS, the machine seemed to be stable playing games.
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