I have 4 GB of soldered RAM and 8 GB in the DIMM slot but CPUZ and HWiNFO both say that it is running in dual-channel mode. Is this possible or are both programs wrong?
It's not confused. If it is in flex mode, software will report the highest channeling.
i.e. it's confusing partial access manipulation with dual channel. Still say the software is just confused and isn't reporting the correct information Usually the bios will tell you that it's flex mode
MERGED QUESTION Question from Ponzooon : "Is my RAM really running in Dual Channel mode?"
Ponzooon :
I have a laptop with 4GB of RAM soldered and I added an 8GB module. I would have thought that because of this it won't run in dual-channel mode but according to CPUZ it is! "Channel #: Dual" it says.
I'm not complaining but have the requirements for dual-channel mode changed in recent years?
basroil :
It's a mistake in cpuz. You must have identical memory sizes for dual channel to work properly
Ponzooon :
basroil :
It's a mistake in cpuz. You must have identical memory sizes for dual channel to work properly
I don't think so, I just updated CPUZ now and it still says Dual.
Ponzooon :
Could this be something to do with Intel's Flex Memory thing?
It's not confused. If it is in flex mode, software will report the highest channeling.
i.e. it's confusing partial access manipulation with dual channel. Still say the software is just confused and isn't reporting the correct information Usually the bios will tell you that it's flex mode