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| Thread ID: 68806 | 2006-05-11 11:19:00 | RAm upgrade question | jono98 (9448) | Press F1 |
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| 454133 | 2006-05-11 11:19:00 | OK, I'm about to upgrade the RAM on my home PC. I curently have 2 X 256MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM sticks. My MB has 3 slots. Can I simply slot in a 512MB stick of the same type into the spare slot or do I need to re-arrange the way they sit. The MB manual says 'for maximised dual channel result you must install one of your two memory modules on DDR3'. Does this mean I have to take out the 2 256MB sticks and get 2 512MB ones to achieve the 1GB of RAM I'm after? Any help is much appreciated. |
jono98 (9448) | ||
| 454134 | 2006-05-11 21:07:00 | I curently have 2 X 256MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM sticks. My MB has 3 slots. Can I simply slot in a 512MB stick of the same type into the spare slot or do I need to re-arrange the way they sit. The MB manual says 'for maximised dual channel result you must install one of your two memory modules on DDR3'. Does this mean I have to take out the 2 256MB sticks and get 2 512MB ones to achieve the 1GB of RAM I'm after? No, it just means with 3 sticks they won't run in dual. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 454135 | 2006-05-11 21:23:00 | There are some boards (Abit NF7 as one example) where you might still get dual channel mode by running both 256 in one channel, slots 1&2 and the 512 in the other channel,slot 3. In jono98's case assuming ram in slots 2&3, this means replacing the 256 in 3 with a 512 and putting that 256 back in slot 1. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 454136 | 2006-05-11 23:43:00 | What is your motherboard brand and model? | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 454137 | 2006-05-12 00:43:00 | It's a chaintech 7njl1 apogee. All I really want to know is if I can just drop in a 512MB stick with whats already there (the 2 256MB sticks) or do I need to chuck them and get 2 512MB sticks. |
jono98 (9448) | ||
| 454138 | 2006-05-12 00:55:00 | yes, you can. put the 2 256mb sticks in the 2 slots that are close together & put the 512mb stick in the slot that is a bit further away. | Greven (91) | ||
| 454139 | 2006-05-12 00:59:00 | Cool, thanks very much. | jono98 (9448) | ||
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