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Hi -
I'm still pretty much a newbie with MB replacement. I just upgraded a
machine using a MSI K7N2 ($75 at Frys) , Athlon 2400+ , and a single stick
of 256MB DDR333 (PC2700). All seems to be running fine and stable.
However, I am wondering if the memory timings are corret. At POST it
reports:

Memory Mode: Single Channel
Clock for DDR: 333


Is the "Single Channel" as its supposed to be. The "Dual Data Rate" of
"DDR" makes me think this might be not right. If its right, thats great -
any short explanation would be appreciated. If its wrong and should be "Du

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(Sorry - posted too soon by accident)

If its wrong and should be "Double", how do I make it so ? Thanks a lot
for any help.

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On 4/27/2004 11:45 PM Tom Betters brightened our day with:

>(Sorry - posted too soon by accident)
>
> If its wrong and should be "Double", how do I make it so ? Thanks a lot
>for any help.
>
>
>
>
>
Single Channel = 1 stick
Dual Channel = 2 sticks

If you look at the memory slots on the motherboard you'll see two that
are close together (Slots 1 & 2) and a third (Slot 3) that's set off a
little bit and (should be) a different color. Slot 1+3 & Slot 2+3 =
Dual Channel, (just)Slot 1 or 2 or 1+2, or 3 = Single Channel. The
memory bus in dual channel operates at 128 bit rather than 64 bit, while
this sounds impressive on the nForce2 motherboards real world results
are barely noticeable (+3-5%).

Buy another *identical* stick of memory and put it in the correct slot,
when you boot up it will say Dual Channel.

--
"Smiles everyone, Smiles!" - Mr. Roarke

Steve [Inglo]

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"Tom Betters" <soccer1959@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:smIjc.1491$Rd4.399140@attbi_s51...
> Hi -
> I'm still pretty much a newbie with MB replacement. I just upgraded a
> machine using a MSI K7N2 ($75 at Frys) , Athlon 2400+ , and a single stick
> of 256MB DDR333 (PC2700). All seems to be running fine and stable.
> However, I am wondering if the memory timings are corret. At POST it
> reports:
>
> Memory Mode: Single Channel
> Clock for DDR: 333
>
>
> Is the "Single Channel" as its supposed to be. The "Dual Data Rate" of
> "DDR" makes me think this might be not right. If its right, thats great -
> any short explanation would be appreciated. If its wrong and should be
"Du
>
>
Tom,
Yes, it is right. This MB can use "dual channel mode " for faster
memory access if you put two sticks (same size) into a Green and Purple
slot.
As you only have one stick, then it just runs in single channel mode which
is fine.

Dave

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Thank you. Since this computer is not for any high end use - just internet
and office type applications - I think 256MB is all I need (which I have
with the one stick). I am assuming I would not see any greatly noticeable
speed increase for this type of usage. Is that a good assumption, or
should I spend the $50 for a second 256MB stick ? Thanks a lot for the
help.

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A good indicator is whether, as you are working, is there a lot of disk
activity right after you execute a command or switch applications. The disk
activity at this point is Windows swapping data into/out of the pagefile.
By adding more RAM, the disk activity should go away - making that part
much, much faster.

But, if you never have this pagefile disk activity, adding more RAM won't
make any difference.
"Tom Betters" <soccer1959@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:AaSjc.38424$cF6.1690428@attbi_s04...
> Thank you. Since this computer is not for any high end use - just
> internet
> and office type applications - I think 256MB is all I need (which I have
> with the one stick). I am assuming I would not see any greatly
> noticeable
> speed increase for this type of usage. Is that a good assumption, or
> should I spend the $50 for a second 256MB stick ? Thanks a lot for the
> help.
>
>