Bad Ram?

[D_Twice]

Allright installed my New ram 1st thing Can't do dual channel.. Can't do 1T?

This is a ss from everest with my old 2 x 512 MB PC3200 @ 200 Mhz [Dual channel] 1T





And this is a ss from my new ram 4 x 512 MB PC3200 @ 200 Mhz [NOT DUAL CHANNEL] 2T



WTF?!?!?!?!

I'll show you another SS from Everest (modified with Photoshop)



With this Setup (Old PC3200 , New PC3200 , New PC3200 , Old PC3200) I was able to boot up with 2048 Memory displayed on Startup screen.

Any help an getting this run faster is HIGHLY appreciated

Sys specs:

Asrock 939 Dual sata
AMD Athlon X2 3800
2048 MB PC3200 (4 x 512 PC3200)
Geforce 6800 GT (AGP)
Coolermaster Real power 450 Watts PSU

:)

[tw33k2514]

Re: Bad Ram?

you cannot run 1T with 4 sticks of ram on the 939 platform. and dual chnnel doesnt work alot of times with 4 sticks eather especially if they are not matched

[D_Twice]

Re: Bad Ram?

But is it that BAD that i'm running now @ Half the performance Compared to 2 stick dual 1t?????

Or is it related to the 2 ranks 4 banks V.S 1 rank 4 banks Issue (as listed in the modified SS form everest)

How will i get my normal performance back??

[tw33k2514]

Re: Bad Ram?

the thing about running 4 sticks of ram is it really stresses the A64 memory controller alot. so i would say your performence is somewhat normal. does BF2 run better now? or worse? if worse then theres an issue. (and nice to see you on EOCF)

[abtomat74]

Re: Bad Ram?

you cannot run 1T with 4 sticks of ram on the 939 platform. and dual chnnel doesnt work alot of times with 4 sticks eather especially if they are not matched

You can with the Venice cores...as long as the modules are single sided(uncommon)...which his are not.

2T vs 1T? Not really a big deal...you might lose 1fps. It shows up more on synthetic benchmarks which don't apply to real world/games.

But, the showing of single channel while all slots are occupied is strange. It should be a no-brainer as you couldn't possibly have them in the wrong slots!

So, it has to have something to do with the ranks/banks difference. Try rearranging the modules, or replace the new ones with identical ranked/banked like the first set.

Your mobo manual may specifically mention a rank/bank limitation.

[tw33k2514]

Re: Bad Ram?

yeah i know i just said no because i havnt seen single sided ram in forever.