Bosco Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 dual channel AND single channel? *sniff sniff* i smell a noob.. Say what you ever tried it???? It does work you know shakes head again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 3 sticks runs in dual channel mode... not a combined dual/single because afaik, that's not even possible... also, you might well find that the motherboard switches the ram to 166mhz with all 3 slots filled... i still say, 2 sticks is best, and then out of the choice of 1+3 or 2+3, 2+3 is the best option... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderChicken Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 (edited) wow i feel like a noob for not realizing its socket a...in my defence i did point out the no dual channel on 754 which was right but i should have read a lil bit better... Edited January 28, 2007 by ThunderChicken Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 3 sticks runs in dual channel mode... not a combined dual/single because afaik, that's not even possible... also, you might well find that the motherboard switches the ram to 166mhz with all 3 slots filled... i still say, 2 sticks is best, and then out of the choice of 1+3 or 2+3, 2+3 is the best option... As far as I knew it will not work either that was until the day that I started playing around with boards and during post it shows Dual Channel during post, and when I benchmarked it scored the same way, and this was with three sticks. Gigabyte, Asus, and Soyo's were the ones that it would happen on. Nforce2 is not supposed to be able to do that, but for some reason with certain bios versions it does seem to happen..... Not sure if Mike can shed some light on it, but in anycase if you want more memory and want to run dual Channel for sure then get 2 X 1gig that will solve the issue and you will know for a fact that Dual Channel is working. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 (edited) i think when you say "dual channel + single channel" you mean something else from what i'm thinking dual channel is 128-bit and single channel is 64-bit... i'm certain they can't co-exist... it's either 3 sticks ALL running in dual channel or 3 sticks ALL running in single channel (if somehow the mobo is rubbish)... slots 1 and 2 are channel 1, and slot 3 is channel 2... 1+3: dual 2+3: dual 1,2+3: dual Edited January 28, 2007 by hardnrg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeo55 Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 i think when you say "dual channel + single channel" you mean something else from what i'm thinking dual channel is 128-bit and single channel is 64-bit... i'm certain they can't co-exist... it's either 3 sticks ALL running in dual channel or 3 sticks ALL running in single channel (if somehow the mobo is rubbish)... slots 1 and 2 are channel 1, and slot 3 is channel 2... 1+3: dual 2+3: dual 1,2+3: dual I haven't seen a dual channel and a single channel config ever Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 Thats because you were still in diapers back then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 you either have single channel or dual channel... there is no mix... there is a channel A with dimms 1 and 2, and a channel B with dimm 3... if either of the channels is populated it is single channel, if both channels are populated (with 2 *or* 3 dimms) it is dual channel.... there is no dual-and-a-half channel mode the only possible way i can fathom dual channel and single channel in operation at the same time on the same motherboard is with DDR and SDR slots on the same motherboard (probably made by frankenstein-Asrock) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoLoDreaM Posted January 31, 2007 Posted January 31, 2007 Right now I am running (2x512) in slots (1+3) (i will change to (2+3) soon).. i have an extra DDR 512mb stick... with (3x512) that could not run dual channel, correct? Right now I am running (2x512) in slots (1+3) (i will change to (2+3) soon).. i have an extra DDR 512mb stick... with (3x512) that could not run dual channel, correct? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazwegion Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 wow i feel like a noob for not realizing its socket a...in my defence i did point out the no dual channel on 754 which was right but i should have read a lil bit better... *Slaps ThunderChicken on the back of the head - Gibbs (NCIS) style * Advertisers should be shot... it would confuse many people they way they promote (or did) Dual Channel memory support for their 754 products, when in fact they actually mean dual channel memory modules (ie. TwinX kits) are supported (or can be used), though only in single channel mode Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 (edited) shame the board in question is socket A then c'mon taz... you of all people should have spotted the K7 part of the msi model number Edited February 20, 2007 by hardnrg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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