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From: »Q« on 18 Apr 2008 00:49
I think I'm reading the manual correctly, but I thought I'd better run
it by you guys.

I've got a P5K with two 1024 DIMMS in dual channel mode at 800 MHz. If
I get two 512 DIMMs (same manufacturer, same timings as the ones I
already have) and put them in the other two slots, the full 3 GB should
run in dual channel mode, right?
From: Thomas Wendell on 18 Apr 2008 08:15
"�Q�" <boxcars(a)gmx.net> kirjoitti
viestiss�:20080417234935.18f3a194(a)bellgrove.remarqs.net...
>I think I'm reading the manual correctly, but I thought I'd better run
> it by you guys.
>
> I've got a P5K with two 1024 DIMMS in dual channel mode at 800 MHz. If
> I get two 512 DIMMs (same manufacturer, same timings as the ones I
> already have) and put them in the other two slots, the full 3 GB should
> run in dual channel mode, right?

Yes

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From: ~misfit~ on 18 Apr 2008 19:37
Somewhere on teh intarweb "Thomas Wendell" typed:
> "�Q�" <boxcars(a)gmx.net> kirjoitti
> viestiss�:20080417234935.18f3a194(a)bellgrove.remarqs.net...
>> I think I'm reading the manual correctly, but I thought I'd better
>> run it by you guys.
>>
>> I've got a P5K with two 1024 DIMMS in dual channel mode at 800 MHz. If I
>> get two 512 DIMMs (same manufacturer, same timings as the ones I
>> already have) and put them in the other two slots, the full 3 GB
>> should run in dual channel mode, right?
>
> Yes

Thomas is right. However, I take it you're using 32bit XP? In which case it
can have trouble accessing even 3GB at times and most wise heads say there's
no real benefit from going from 2GB to 3GB.

Bottom line; If you already have the RAM or are not short of a buck or two
it can't hurt to try. However, resale value on 2 x 512MB DDR2 DIMMs is
unlikely to be high.
--
Shaun.


From: »Q« on 19 Apr 2008 15:09
"~misfit~" <misfit61nz(a)hooya.com.au> wrote:

> Somewhere on teh intarweb "Thomas Wendell" typed:
> > "»Q«" <boxcars(a)gmx.net> kirjoitti
> > viestissä:20080417234935.18f3a194(a)bellgrove.remarqs.net...
> >> I think I'm reading the manual correctly, but I thought I'd better
> >> run it by you guys.
> >>
> >> I've got a P5K with two 1024 DIMMS in dual channel mode at 800
> >> MHz. If I get two 512 DIMMs (same manufacturer, same timings as
> >> the ones I already have) and put them in the other two slots, the
> >> full 3 GB should run in dual channel mode, right?
> >
> > Yes
>
> Thomas is right.

Thanks to both of you.

> However, I take it you're using 32bit XP? In which
> case it can have trouble accessing even 3GB at times and most wise
> heads say there's no real benefit from going from 2GB to 3GB.

Sometimes 32bit XP home, but mostly 64bit Slackware, which should be
able to see the 3 GiB. It's rare that memory is swapped to disk, but it
happens sometimes.

> Bottom line; If you already have the RAM or are not short of a buck
> or two it can't hurt to try. However, resale value on 2 x 512MB DDR2
> DIMMs is unlikely to be high.

Luckily, initial sale value on them isn't high. :) I'm looking at a
little over 20 USD for them. Whether or not I buy them for the
possible, slight improvement is still a toss-up.

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