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From: "Chuck Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 8:44
Subject: Re: Infrequent and Irregular Windows Lockups
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From: "Andy Medina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: Infrequent and Irregular Windows Lockups
Memory slots are probably best if populated in order (1, 2, 3, 4).
However, with many boards, order does not seem to matter.
I eliminate the guesswork by following the instructions in the motherboard
manual. For my board Asus says populate in this order, 1, 3, 2, 4. In fact
memory slots 1 and 3 are blue in color and slots 2 and 4 are black in
color to give further hints and reminders. Pairs are not required.
Currently I have 1024's in slots 1, 3 and 2 and it is running fine. I said
that to indicate that if I want to reduce my RAM to 2048 I will remove the
stick from slot 2, not from slot 3.
From my experience ASUS MBs that support Dual Channel memory mode have the
blue and black slots. I have the ASUS P4P800-VM now. To support the Dual
Channel mode you want to add the memory in pairs and in the same color
slots. By having the additional single 1GB in there you are disabling the
Dual Channel mode and running in Single Channel mode.
Regards,
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Rick Cogan from Melbourne, FL
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