Using RAM slots A1 and A2

LuSan90

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My motherboard has been having a RAM slots problem. Only Slots A1 and A2 work. Slots B1 and B2 don't. I plan on RMA-ing the motherboard, but in the meantime, will using slots A1 and A2 affect the rest of the hardware? Will anything change from using slots A1 and A2 instead of A1/B1 or A2/B2?

-The manufacturer's instruction booklet says that the RAM stick should be installed in slots A1/B1 or A2/B2.

-The computer seems to be working perfectly fine with the RAM sticks installed in slots A1/A2

-The RAM sticks are compatible with the motherboard, according to their website's RAM compatibility list.

If it matters, the motherboard is an ASRock Z77 Extreme 4.
 
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If you are running in the same bank then the RAM will be in single channel. You need to have a stick in each bank for dual channel operation.
Running in single channel only hurts performance, nothing else.

Grugbug

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If you are running in the same bank then the RAM will be in single channel. You need to have a stick in each bank for dual channel operation.
Running in single channel only hurts performance, nothing else.
 
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