OT (sort of): Hardware ?

[Eric Shubert]

I think that means no dual channel. The dual channel MB I've seen have 4 
slots - 2 pairs. memtest might tell you a little more than POST.

Mark Jarvis wrote:
> 
> I'm somewhat disappointed that this motherboard has only two memory 
> slots. They are different colors, whatever that means with only two slots.
> 
> 
> Eric Shubert wrote:
>> Mark Jarvis wrote:
>>   
>>> With the holiday season over, I decided to upgrade my system from 1GB to 
>>> 2GB RAM. The memory I had was DDR2-800 Memory Expert from Adata. The 
>>> place I'd originally bought the motherboard & memory from no longer 
>>> carried that brand, but their tech guy said that other brands, for 
>>> example Kingston, should work with it with no problem. (Yeah, Right!) I 
>>> had a gift card from Fry's burning a hole in my pocket, so I got a 1GB 
>>> DDR2-800 Kingston stick at Fry's.
>>>
>>> Now the problem. Either stick alone shows as DDR2-800 in POST. Both 
>>> together show as DDR2-667. GRRRRR!
>>>
>>> I can :
>>>     1) Live with it. It's only a 16-17% drop in speed.
>>>
>>>     2) Take it back, get another Kingston or another brand (Patriot?), 
>>> cross my fingers & hope.
>>>
>>>     3) Take it back and order a matching Adata stick online.
>>>
>>>     4) Buy another Kingston 1GB to make a pair and try to sell the old 
>>> Adata for $10 or $15.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>     
>>
>> I'm not an expert on memory, but I'll chime in anyhow. ;)
>>
>> Is this a dual channel MB? If so, I would try putting them on separate 
>> channels (different colored slots). My understanding is that matching 
>> memory sticks for dual channel mode (cards in samed colored slots) is 
>> hit and miss, even w/in the same brand.
>>
>> That being said, if you decide to try to get back to 800, I would go the 
>> Kingston route. I recently received a 1G Kingston stick in a trade 
>> transaction that was bad. Kingston customer service was very good. The 
>> stick had a lifetime warranty, and they replaced it with no problem (I 
>> only had to pay shipping). I asked at the time about pairing it up for 
>> dual channel use, and they said that if I had 2 Kingston sticks that 
>> didn't work together in dual channel mode, that they would replace them 
>> with 2 that were paired. Again, I would only need to pay shipping.
>>
>> If you want that kind of service, make sure your ram has a lifetime 
>> warranty. Some does, some doesn't.
>>
>>   


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-Eric 'shubes'