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

[Patrick Wagstrom]

I've got another stick of 1GB DDR-400 I can drop in, I just haven't opened
up the case in a while and figured I might do everything at once.  So
picking up 4x1GB sticks isn't a good idea because of two reasons: 1) I'm
left with 2 extra 1GB sticks laying around, and 2) the sale price is only
good on the first pair.

I'm aware of the issues with trying to run with 3GB and wasn't planning on
that.  Oh well, the sale price was only $20 for the ram.  If they don't
work, I can eBay them for more than that.

--Patrick

Robert E. Coutch wrote:
> 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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