Install new ram

[dearpretender]

hi, my new ram gonna arrive these 2 days. currently there are 1 256MB KVR in 1 Yellow slot.

 

My new ram is OCZ EL PLATINUM REV 2.0 PC3200 (2 x 512MB). I need help to install the new ram. Which slot should i put in? Do i need to any setting in the bios? thanks.

[Daddyjaxx]

Orange slots...probably. You can try yellow as well, but orange usually gives the best stability.

[dearpretender]

thanks...how about setting in the bios? do i need to do any setting in the bios? (p/s i'm not OCing)

[kr0z]

Orange = stable

Yellow = unstable?!

 

I don't get it. So if I buy 2 x 1GB Matched DDR 400 sticks I can expect to see my system unstable 50% of the time!???!

[Reinvented]

Orange = stable

Yellow = unstable?!

 

I don't get it. So if I buy 2 x 1GB Matched DDR 400 sticks I can expect to see my system unstable 50% of the time!???!

 

Heh...

 

No...

 

Let's play a game! Called "Match those colored slots!"...where you choose Orange-Orange, or Yellow-Yellow...not mixed, otherwise you won't achieve dual channel, which is what you want.

 

Your system is only as stable as your able to tweak it...

[dearpretender]

err..ahem....

do i need to do any setting in the bios? (p/s i'm not OCing)

[Reinvented]

err..ahem....

 

 

Hah!

 

It will depend solely on which bios version you are using. Check the Stock Speed Database for a list of possible memory settings that you can use. After that and it's still unstable, tweak some of those options until it sets in.