On Monday 30 October 2006 11:08, Amit Joshi wrote:
Oh..okay..so you mean to say that this Dual Ram Implemenation thingy is there on the newer Motherboards..eh? My Motherboard is pretty old. And I certainly don't think that it has this Dual RAM thingy is present in it. Also, from your explanation, its quite clear, that I need to buy RAM in matched pairs. Certainly, it would be impossible to find out a clone of my current RAM. I will have to discard my current RAM. (Probably I'll sell it on Ebay! ) :P
So, I will have to buy two sticks..preferrably at the same time, from the same manufacturer, of the same size!
Okay..so my mobo doesn't support this Dual RAM thingy. Now what do you suggest?
Is it better to have a single 512MB stick, or should I still get 256+256MB or like 512+256MB will do no harm..? :)
Regards, Amit.
That's why I asked for more info on your hardware. I'm terrible at guessing what you have. I can't answer your question without the details of your hardware. On older systems w/o Dual Channel memory matched pairs of RAM aren't as critical. Perhaps your system uses Dual Inline Memory Modules? Or DIMMs as they are often referred to? Or maybe it uses DRAM? Is the memory one long printed circuit board with chips on it or are they individual chips that are in sockets on the main board? On older systems you can mix and match various memory sticks from various manufacturers. You may even be able to mix speeds of PC100 and PC 133, etc. Might work, might not. Stan