OT (sort of): Hardware ?

[Stephen]

This is likely dual channel (each color indicates a separate channel anymore)

do you have a make/model i can find out some ram compatibility for you

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Mark Jarvis <m.jarvis at cox.net> 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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