Re: Dual channel memory question
On 17/04/2010 01:03, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Camaleón put forth on 4/16/2010 8:31 AM:
>
>> It can be worst, though. There are manufacturers that paint all the RAM
>> slots in black or using the same color and so forcing us to read the
>> manual >:-)
>
> The manufacturers have bastardized the color coding to the point it's
> useless; thus reading the manual is the only safe bet to get dual channel
> operation setup correctly.
Um ... just my 2p: [score -1, redundant]
My current rig - Abit NF7-S V2 mobo (Nforce 2 chipset) and Athlon XP CPU
- has 3 DIMM slots all the same fetching shade of blue. I initially
added two 256Mb sticks in slots 1 & 2, and got dual channel operation
(the BIOS reports it at boot time : "Dual Channel Operation Enabled").
When I subsequently added another 512Mb stick in slot 3 this did not
apparently affect dual channel operation (the message still appears).
Maybe I get dual channel for the first 512Mb, but only single channel
for the second 512Mb.
I had to refer to the manual, *and* take advice from the wonderful
members of alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit. The latter assured me
adding the 3rd stick wouldn't prevent dual channel operation. Some day
I must try to find out what memory speed I actually get.
No more Abit now though, sigh.
Cheers
Nick
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