Two memory sticks vs. 4 Memory Slots

[Kareeser]

Hi everybody,

I was wondering if there was a specific way that RAM should be aligned in a motherboard.

For example, I have two 512 Mb sticks, and my motherboard has 4 slots, labelled Channel A, and Channel B.

Should I stick one in each Channel, or both in Channel A?

Thanks for your time!

[Freakitchen]

Check in your motherboard manual to find in which slots to install memory for Dual Channel operation. In my Gigabyte board, it's slots 1&2, but it may be different for yours.

FK

[Kareeser]

Thanks Freakitchen... a healthy dose of RTFM was exactly what I needed... :)

Turns out I can install the memory so that the motherboard accesses it in an "interleaved" mode... in which case, I would have to install one module in each Channel.

Thanks!

P.S. 999 Posts, Freakitchen!

[Freakitchen]

P.S. 999 Posts, Freakitchen!

And happy to put down 1000 here :D

Just thought I'd add that if you download a small program called CPU-Z, one of the tabs will tell you if your RAM is running in dual channel mode, which is obviously what you want for best performance.

FK