Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Aioanei Rares wrote: On 04/16/2010 02:33 AM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On 04/15/2010 07:59 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Aioanei Rares put forth on 4/15/2010 3:16 PM: No, it means that 2 one-gig modules in same-coloured slots will theoretically work better. I have one mod

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-17 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Lisi put forth on 4/17/2010 10:04 AM: > Would I be correct in taking this to mean that the memory modules appear to > be incorrectly installed, and that I could improve my memory performance by > moving one of the modules that dual channel functions? And also, if that No, they are currently

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-17 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 17 April 2010 05:35:45 Nick Boyce wrote: > On 17/04/2010 01:03, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > Camaleón put forth on 4/16/2010 8:31 AM: > >> It can be worst, though. There are manufacturers that paint all the RAM > >> slots in black or using the same color and so forcing us to read the > >> m

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-17 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Nick Boyce put forth on 4/16/2010 11:35 PM: > My current rig - Abit NF7-S V2 mobo (Nforce 2 chipset) and Athlon XP CPU > - has 3 DIMM slots all the same fetching shade of blue. I initially > added two 256Mb sticks in slots 1 & 2, and got dual channel operation > (the BIOS reports it at boot time

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-16 Thread Nick Boyce
On 17/04/2010 01:03, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Camaleón put forth on 4/16/2010 8:31 AM: > >> It can be worst, though. There are manufacturers that paint all the RAM >> slots in black or using the same color and so forcing us to read the >> manual >:-) > > The manufacturers have bastardized the col

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-16 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Camaleón put forth on 4/16/2010 8:31 AM: > It can be worst, though. There are manufacturers that paint all the RAM > slots in black or using the same color and so forcing us to read the > manual >:-) The manufacturers have bastardized the color coding to the point it's useless; thus reading the

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-16 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Aioanei Rares wrote: On 04/16/2010 02:33 AM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On 04/15/2010 07:59 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Aioanei Rares put forth on 4/15/2010 3:16 PM: No, it means that 2 one-gig modules in same-coloured slots will theoretically work better. I have one module in a dual-channel mo

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-16 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:06:54 +0300, Aioanei Rares wrote: > On 04/16/2010 04:31 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: (...) >> Now, go look at the DIMM socket colors and layout pattern on the Intel, >> Asus, and yes, other Gigabyte boards to see what the proper color >> coding for dual channel memory sockets

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-16 Thread Aioanei Rares
On 04/16/2010 04:31 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Aioanei Rares put forth on 4/15/2010 7:06 PM: Are you guys displaced Ubuntu users who landed on debian-user after a tornado came through Kansas? ;) I guess you've never seen "The Wizard of Oz". You made me dig my latest mobo's man

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-15 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Aioanei Rares put forth on 4/15/2010 7:06 PM: >> Are you guys displaced Ubuntu users who landed on debian-user after a >> tornado came through Kansas? ;) I guess you've never seen "The Wizard of Oz". > You made me dig my latest mobo's manual :) [Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3], which > says plainly : "The

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-15 Thread Aioanei Rares
On 04/16/2010 01:59 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Aioanei Rares put forth on 4/15/2010 3:16 PM: No, it means that 2 one-gig modules in same-coloured slots will theoretically work better. I have one module in a dual-channel mobo and it works ok. Most desktop/workstation mobos do. No, that'

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-15 Thread Aioanei Rares
On 04/16/2010 02:33 AM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On 04/15/2010 07:59 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Aioanei Rares put forth on 4/15/2010 3:16 PM: No, it means that 2 one-gig modules in same-coloured slots will theoretically work better. I have one module in a dual-channel mobo and it works ok. Mo

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-15 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 04/15/2010 07:59 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Aioanei Rares put forth on 4/15/2010 3:16 PM: No, it means that 2 one-gig modules in same-coloured slots will theoretically work better. I have one module in a dual-channel mobo and it works ok. Most desktop/workstation mobos do. No, that'

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-15 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Aioanei Rares put forth on 4/15/2010 3:16 PM: > No, it means that 2 one-gig modules in same-coloured slots will > theoretically work better. I have one module in a dual-channel mobo and > it works ok. Most desktop/workstation mobos do. No, that's not correct. If the mobo DIMM slots are colored,

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-15 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Hugo Vanwoerkom put forth on 4/15/2010 3:09 PM: > Hi, > > The Wiki on dual channel memory says: > > "The memory modules are installed into matching banks, which are usually > color coded on the motherboard. These separate channels allow each > memory module access to the memory controller, increa

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-15 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:47:52 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2010-04-15 15:38, Camaleón wrote: [snip] >> >> I always try to fill the RAM slots of the board at their maximum >> capacity (at least 2 GiB.) so upgrading memory will be worth for it. >> >> > That's a bit garbled... Did you forget a w

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-15 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-04-15 15:38, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I always try to fill the RAM slots of the board at their maximum capacity (at least 2 GiB.) so upgrading memory will be worth for it. That's a bit garbled... Did you forget a word somewhere? -- Dissent is patriotic, remember? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-15 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:09:08 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > The Wiki on dual channel memory says: > > "The memory modules are installed into matching banks, which are usually > color coded on the motherboard. These separate channels allow each > memory module access to the memory controller, inc

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-15 Thread Aioanei Rares
On 04/15/2010 11:09 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, The Wiki on dual channel memory says: "The memory modules are installed into matching banks, which are usually color coded on the motherboard. These separate channels allow each memory module access to the memory controller, increasing throu

Re: Dual channel memory question

2010-04-15 Thread jeremy jozwik
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Does that mean that placing 2 1GB modules, each into a different colored > slot, is faster than putting 1 2GB module into one slot and leaving the > other 3 slots empty? on my server board the machine will not even boot up if memory is no

Dual channel memory question

2010-04-15 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, The Wiki on dual channel memory says: "The memory modules are installed into matching banks, which are usually color coded on the motherboard. These separate channels allow each memory module access to the memory controller, increasing throughput bandwidth." Does that mean that placing