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CPU Upgrade question

Are they the same dimms? from the same manufacturer? on my ms7093 to run in dual channel i put them in the first two slots ( a blue and a purple), NOT 1 and 3.. who knows..i am guessing it is a ram issue now, not a cpu or board issue..
 
0elemental0 said:
Are they the same dimms? from the same manufacturer? on my ms7093 to run in dual channel i put them in the first two slots ( a blue and a purple), NOT 1 and 3.. who knows..i am guessing it is a ram issue now, not a cpu or board issue..
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hm weird, I had them in 1 and 2 before and now not even 1 and 3 work to dual...and yes they are the exact same DIMMS...
 
There are still some good chips available for 939, however you will still have to use clockgen for any overclocking. The bios is definately locked on that board.
 
Paulieg said:
There are still some good chips available for 939, however you will still have to use clockgen for any overclocking. The bios is definately locked on that board.
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yeah I've come to that conclusion...

anyone know what I can do about the dual channel issue?
 
Do you know what Northbridge chip the board uses? It may be that the reason that they put a Single channel on die OEM Semperon in there in the first place is becasue it's an old cheapo Northbridge that only has single channel support. I am saying Northbridge, I think it's that and not the Southbridge that links the memory?
 
Tatty_One said:
Do you know what Northbridge chip the board uses? It may be that the reason that they put a Single channel on die OEM Semperon in there in the first place is becasue it's an old cheapo Northbridge that only has single channel support. I am saying Northbridge, I think it's that and not the Southbridge that links the memory?
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I'll check as soon as I get back on monday night (at the parents house for memorial day weekend)
 
Researched from HP/Compaq:

Northbridge: ATI RS482 Southbridge: ATI SB400

That particular chipset supports dual channel. Not sure of what else to help you out with.


BTW, Its basically the same chipset I have on this mobo. Although, I have never ran dual channel in it so not sure if its picky of RAM or it must be a matched pair.
 
JrRacinFan said:
Researched from HP/Compaq:

Northbridge: ATI RS482 Southbridge: ATI SB400

That particular chipset supports dual channel. Not sure of what else to help you out with.


BTW, Its basically the same chipset I have on this mobo. Although, I have never ran dual channel in it so not sure if its picky of RAM or it must be a matched pair.
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hm that's so weird then...I'll take the original 2 sticks of 256mb back with me and swap those in to see if they'll run dual...would that be worth the sacrifice to leave them in and have 512 of dual channel rather than 1gb of single?
 
IMO I would take 1GB of single channel over 512 of dual anyday. Many others will agree, whereas some will not. You just have to decide what would be better.

Look at the big picture, do you multitask alot, or do you pretty much only game more? That is the main question.
 
JrRacinFan said:
IMO I would take 1GB of single channel over 512 of dual anyday. Many others will agree, whereas some will not. You just have to decide what would be better.

Look at the big picture, do you multitask alot, or do you pretty much only game more? That is the main question.
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Agreed to a point, If I was playing a game I would have the 1GB slotted in, if doing les intensive tasks maybe the 512MB in dual but all in all the 1GB in single channel is a better option.
 
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