[wplug] quick hardware question -- Dual Channel in Single Channel mode

[Robert E. Coutch]

I have a K8N-neo4 Platinum with dual core Opteron installed.

The BIOS has been updated and there is an option to enable/disable dual 
channel mode.

As mentioned in another reply, MSI warns against the use of only 3 modules.

Why not pick up 4 sticks total and run them all in dual channel mode?


Here's a link to MSI's info on this MB and the memory configurations:
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=k8n_neo4_platinum



On Saturday 25 October 2008 11:15:29 am Patrick Wagstrom wrote:
> Here's something easy for folks who follow hardware more often than me.
>
> I've got an older Athlon 64x2 running on an nForce4 motherboard (MSI
> k8n-neo4).  It currently has a single 1GB stick of single channel ram.
> I've added some more standard services to the machine and am adding more
> ram.  I see that NewEgg has DDR 400 ram on sale with sweet rebate -- $20
> for 2x1GB sticks of Dual Channel (normally a stick of this antiquated ram
> is $40).
>
> Is it possible to force dual channel sticks to operate as single channel?
> Or must dual channel memory always be operated in pairs?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Patrick
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