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Thread ID: 116203	2011-02-21 06:45:00	Dual Channel RAM - Question	camo (4895)	Press F1

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1180194	2011-02-21 06:45:00	Hi there, I have a motherboard with 4 DIMM slots. Two are blue and two are black. When pairing up two of the same RAM modules, do I put them both in the same color slot, or one in Black1 and one in Blue1? With these installed, I still have a pair of DIMM slots free. Can I use a pair of different (slower) RAM in these slots? Cheers!! C	camo (4895)
1180195	2011-02-21 06:48:00	You put them in the same slot. Whatever the colour is. If you use all of the 4 slots, and you use slower ram (in 1 or 2 of them), it may not run in dual channel mode. The mobo manual will tell you, if you've got it	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1180196	2011-02-21 18:06:00	best to consult the manual, or look on the manufacturers website. There appears to be no standard and although speedy is probably right (he usually is) you can't be sure wether you use two in the same colour or two in the opposite colour for dual channel. Some manufacturers colour code which slots are a pair and some colour code the "channels" As long as you use matched pairs the RAM should work in dual channel mode but it will all clock at the slower speed - mixing RAM types is something of a lottery though so you can only try it and see.	dugimodo (138)
1180197	2011-02-21 20:15:00	RTFM - your motherboard manual explains, with pictures.	pctek (84)
1180198	2011-02-21 20:26:00	RTFM - your motherboard manual explains, with pictures. Yep, and it differs between manufacturers too OP, so just because someone's board works in a certain way doesn't mean yours will.	wratterus (105)
1180199	2011-02-21 23:11:00	In some boards you put them both in the same colour, in others you put them in opposite colours. And usually the manual is ****ing useless at explaining which, being written by a German who had to translate from Chinese to English and he grew up speaking Spanish. Put the RAM in one way, if it doesn't enable dual channel, try the other way. there are only 2 possible combinations, it wouldn't take long to try both. And you have a 50% chance that the first one you try is correct...	Agent_24 (57)
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