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question on single/double sided ram
Name: litz (by don) Date: October 14, 2005 at 19:08:32 Pacific OS: win 98 CPU/Ram: 550mhz/256mb
Comment:
hi,
is it true that ALL motherboard accept double sided ram, and NOT ALL motherboard accept single sided ram?
Name: Richard59 Date: October 14, 2005 at 19:39:27 Pacific
Reply:
No generalisation is true. not even this one.
There have been very distinct generational advances in ram. visit www.crucial.com and use their guide to determine what ram will suit your system. They also have some info on the timeline of ram development.
I used to have a signature but it disappeared and I just couldn't be bothered writing another so please feel free to ingore this.
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Response Number 2
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: October 14, 2005 at 21:19:42 Pacific
Reply:
Ooh, a boolean problem.
I've never run across a MB that didn't accept both. I think the bios will usually see a double sided stick as 2 singles.
It's the chip density that is key in if or how the bios sees the RAM. Newer sticks usually have higher density chips that older bios' can't decipher properly.
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