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Thread ID: 49266 2004-09-14 09:08:00 Upgrade - a few questions dirtbag (6060) Press F1
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272262 2004-09-14 09:08:00 Firstly, i bought a 2nd hand motherboard off trademe that was sold as *new* but it didnt include the driver cd etc. i am trying to follow that up, but with little success, will this matter? i have a ga-8ipe1000 pro 2, i have all the chipset drivers etc from the internet, but none of the other gigabyte utitlies, is there anyway to easily get these?

secondly, im buying dual channel DDR ram, does this have to be actual dual channel (certified or what not), or can i run any 2 identical chips in the one colour, but different slot pairs? (im not to sure how to explain it :p )
dirtbag (6060)
272263 2004-09-14 09:24:00 goto the gigabyte site and do a search on that motherboard

What u need will be there. Dual channel i think has to be the same brand and speed for it to work.

You'll have to download the manual if u have none, to find out which slots
the memory has to go into, in order for dual channel to work.
Spacemannz (808)
272264 2004-09-14 09:26:00 yea, i got the manual. it came with everything apart from that driver cd.
thanks about the dual channel ram, so 2x 256mb DDR400 chips in the correct slots (exactly the same brand/model etc.) will work?
dirtbag (6060)
272265 2004-09-14 09:28:00 yup they should work, it may tell u on bootup/post that its running in dual channel mode. Some systems do. Spacemannz (808)
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