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Just ordered a single 512 stick to boost to 1GB for now, but will eventually have 2 matching 512's for running in Dual Channel again.
My questions are (albeit slightly n00b-osh:
1. What effect will dropping the 512 stright in have?
2. Will leaving the current 2x256 in Dual still allow them to work in Dual or will the 512 in channel 3 cancel this out?
That should retain dual channel.
My mobo's dim slots are:
Dimm 1 - Black
Dimm 2 - Blue (next to black)
Dimm 3 - Blue (further away)
According to my manual, dual channel is either Dimm 1 + Dimm3 or Dimm 2 + 3.
My previous was set up as:
Dimm 1 - Empty
Dimm 2 - 256
Dimm 3 - 256
Now I have
Dimm 1 - 512
Dimm 2 - 256
Dimm 3 - 256
Is this right to retain the dual channeling? Arghhhh!!! Why are manuals so vague?
> On my DFI there are two slots together and one which is about 1cm
> further away, bizarrely you have to have the RAM in the first slot
> and the last slot which is furthest away.
>
> I thought it was a bit unintuitive.
On MY DFI I have two blue slots, far away, then one next to another blue slot. Kinda like:
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You have to have your RAM in the two blue ones for dual channel. Makes perfect sense to me.
The dual channel slots are far away partly due to technical contraints and partly due to the ability to put RAMsinks on the RAM.
I thought it was a bit unintuitive.
> Yes, provided of course that slots one and two are the same channel.
> On my NF7-S they are, but I don't know if that would be the same for
> all motherboards, perhaps slots 2 and 3 are a channel on some or
> whatever. But basically yeah.
On my mobo (Leadtek WinFast K7NCR18D PRO)
Slot 1 - Black - Channel 1
Slot 2 - Blue - Channel 2
Slot 3 - Blue - Channel 2
So the set up would be:
Slot 1 - Black - 512
Slot 2 - Blue - 256
Slot 3 - Blue - 256
Yay! I am elightened, just awaiting Crucial to ship my RAM now!
> If you put the two sticks of 256 MB in one channel and the 512 MB
> stick in the other, it will stay in dual channel mode. The channels
> just have to be the same size.
>
So I should be looking et:
Slot 1 - 256MB PC2700 DDR
Slot 2 - 256MB PC2700 DDR
Slot 3 - 512MB PC2700 DDR
I have having such a no-brainer this morning!
n.b the 256's are exactly the smae make and model.
Current setup:
Slot 1 - 256MB PC2700 DDR
Slot 2 - Empty
Slot 3 - 256MB PC2700 DDR
This set up currently runs in Dual Channel. (As per instructions for my Mobo)
Eventual Setup:
Slot 1 - 512MB PC2700 DDR
Slot 2 - Empty
Slot 3 - 512MB PC2700 DDR
This set up will run in Dual Channel.
Temporary Setup *this is the one in question
Slot 1 - 256MB PC2700 DDR
Slot 2 - 512MB PC2700 DDR
Slot 3 - 256MB PC2700 DDR
What happens here? Will 1 & 3 stop working in Dual?