nforce2 board: Dual memory channel?????

[jmoore2001]

Ok, so with the nforce2 board there are 3 dimms. Well which two do I use for the dual channel option?

There are two dimms on the left close together, then there is one dimm on the right. (i'm using the abit nf7-m)

[jmebonner]

I'm using one and three, I believe you can also use two and three, just not one and two.

[jmoore2001]

well right now i have both in the first two (on the left) that are close together. my BIOS shows all the ram, i'm just not sure if im taking advantage of the dual channels. if im wrong please let me know!

[jmebonner]

I'm 95% certain it needs to be one chip in one of the first two slots and another chip in the third slot. Like I said, not one and two.

[jmoore2001]

k thanks

[Atomic Rooster]

Yup. Slots 1 and 3 , or 2 and 3 work for dual channel on the NF7-S. I have mine in 2 and 3.

[Buzioid]

Your slots should be seperated, the 3rd from the rest, to show you the different channel.

[JohnE.]

For Dual Channel it must be 1+3, 2+3 or 1+2+3 and they must be balanced. DIMM's 1+2 are channel one and DIMM3 is channel 2. For example: DIMM1/256MB + DIMM3/256MB, DIMM2/256MB + DIMM3/256MB or DIMM1/256MB + DIMM2/256MB + DIMM3/512MB.

[jmoore2001]

alright thanks guys
i better go change that now

[Atomic Rooster]

JohnE. brings up a good point in that all three slots can be populated while running in dual channel.