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Brown and Blue RAM slots?
Name: winipcfg Date: August 6, 2009 at 08:20:42 Pacific OS: XP pro CPU/Ram: 2 gzh 1024mb Product: Dell / INSPIRON 1525 Subcategory: RAM
Comment:
Just a general question. Why the brown and blue ram slots on the motherboard? There are 2 of each. I just bought 2 more gigs of ddr2 and I need to know if it matters which slot I choose for the new RAM.
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Name: Tubesandwires Date: August 6, 2009 at 09:10:32 Pacific
Reply:
See the user manual for your model.
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Response Number 2
Name: winipcfg Date: August 6, 2009 at 09:14:17 Pacific
Reply:
Don't have one. I bought it used.
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Response Number 3
Name: jam Date: August 6, 2009 at 09:23:03 Pacific
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"Don't have one. I bought it used"
Then go to the manufacturer's website & download a copy.
The different colors are for the different channels. More than likely, brown is one channel, blue is another, so to enable dual channel mode, you'll need either one brown/one blue or two brown/two blue. If you install only one stick or three sticks, it will force the RAM to run in single channel mode.
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Response Number 4
Name: winipcfg Date: August 6, 2009 at 09:27:26 Pacific
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Thank you jam. That was the answer I was looking for. ~winipcfg
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Response Number 5
Name: OtheHill Date: August 6, 2009 at 11:09:12 Pacific
Reply:
Too add to jam's response you usually need to use matched pairs of RAM. So if you have 2 - 512MB & 2 - 1GB sticks you should use the 512 pair on one channel and the 1GB pair on the other.
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Response Number 6
Name: Tubesandwires Date: August 6, 2009 at 12:14:10 Pacific
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"Don't have one. I bought it used."
Dell has pretty good support regarding manuals. Go to the Dell site and get it.
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