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

[Robert E. Coutch]

There you go:
Get the 2 on sale and use the extra you have for a total of 4.

They won't be matched but none of mine are.

I just set the memory config for the worst specs of the sticks I used. (CAS, 
voltage, etc).





On Saturday 25 October 2008 02:24:00 pm Patrick Wagstrom wrote:
> 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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