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04-12-2006, 06:19 PM
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Two memory sticks vs. 4 Memory Slots
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! |
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04-12-2006, 06:35 PM
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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.
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04-12-2006, 06:37 PM
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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! |
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04-12-2006, 06:41 PM
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 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 |
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