my ram installed at slot 1&2 like indicated in the manual, i was using it more than 2 years running dual channel. i just noticed for past few months that my pc was performing slow so decided to run cpuz and there saw that my ram was running single channel.
2years ago report
Chipset
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Northbridge AMD 890GX rev. 00
Southbridge AMD SB850 rev. 40
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 4096 MBytes
Channels Dual, (Unganged)
Memory Frequency 799.8 MHz (1:4)
CAS# latency (CL) 9.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 11
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 11
Cycle Time (tRAS) 29
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 40
Command Rate (CR) 1T
Uncore Frequency 2199.4 MHz
last night cpuz report
Chipset
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Northbridge AMD 890GX rev. 00
Southbridge AMD SB850 rev. 40
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 4096 MBytes
Channels Single
Memory Frequency 800.0 MHz (1:4)
CAS# latency (CL) 9.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 11
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 11
Cycle Time (tRAS) 29
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 40
Command Rate (CR) 2T
Uncore Frequency 2000.0 MHz