Advice needed before I install!

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Lucky me has just received this memory as a belated birthday gift: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-097-OC&tool=3

I have a few questions if I may before I install this.
1. My mobo is an old P5NSLI (not the e), will this memory be compatible?
2. I'm running XP MCE, am I right in thinking this will not see all 4gig?
3. My current memory and cpu are both overclocked, do I need to set back to default settings in bios before installing these new sticks.

I don't want to damage my system in anyway because of installing these new sticks.

Help is much appreciated.
 
Thanks Tetras.

I actually went ahead and stuck it in anyway :eek: . I did set bios back to default but my PC didn't boot at first. Managed to get back in bios and noticed a new target speed of 800mhz, I checked mobo specs which said a max of 667 so I set it to this and my PC booted fine. It seems I have had to underclock it for it to work lol.

XPmce is only seeing 3gig but I suppose 1gig more than I previously had is better than a kick in the teeth!

Something I am surprised about is the timings that CPUZ is displaying, I won't pretend I know about timings but I was expecting lower numbers (which I assume is better?). CPUZ displays the following;

Frequency: 333.3mhz
FSB : DRAM: 9:10
CAS#latency: 5.0 clocks
RAS to CAS# delay: 7 clocks
RAS# Precharge: 7 clocks
Cycle Time (Tras): 31 clocks
Bank cycle time (Trc): 20 clocks

I was hoping that this memory would help me to overclock my E6400 cpu further than the 2.4ghz i have it at now but i'm now not sure that this will be the case?
 
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