Question about adding Ram

[Sultin]

I have an nforce2 Shuttle an35n-ultra motherboard.

Currently, I have 2, 256mb of pc3200 running in dual channel (I think it's
slots 0 and 2 on the motherboard).

My question. If I choose to add another 512mb of ram to the empty slot,
will it automatically remove the dual channel?

 

[Paul]

I have an nforce2 Shuttle an35n-ultra motherboard.

Currently, I have 2, 256mb of pc3200 running in dual channel (I think it's
slots 0 and 2 on the motherboard).

My question. If I choose to add another 512mb of ram to the empty slot,
will it automatically remove the dual channel?

There is a picture of the an35n-ultra here.
http://images.thgweb.de/2003/07/23/...dias_nforce2_ultra_400/shuttleboard-board.jpg

If you place the 2x256 in the top two slots in the picture, and place
the 1x512 in the bottom slot, the board runs dual channel. You'll be OK.

An Nforce2 chipset that supports dual channel, only has to have a
matching quantity of memory on the two channels. The upper two
memory slots in the picture are on one channel. The lower slot
is on the other channel. By placing the 2x256 in the upper two
slots, you are putting a total of 512MB on the upper channel,
and exactly balancing the 512MB stick on the lower channel.

Paul

 

[Sultin]

There is a picture of the an35n-ultra here.
http://images.thgweb.de/2003/07/23/...dias_nforce2_ultra_400/shuttleboard-board.jpg

If you place the 2x256 in the top two slots in the picture, and place
the 1x512 in the bottom slot, the board runs dual channel. You'll be OK.

An Nforce2 chipset that supports dual channel, only has to have a
matching quantity of memory on the two channels. The upper two
memory slots in the picture are on one channel. The lower slot
is on the other channel. By placing the 2x256 in the upper two
slots, you are putting a total of 512MB on the upper channel,
and exactly balancing the 512MB stick on the lower channel.

Paul

Thanks, dude.

 

[Sultin]

One more question, I just came a pc3200 stick of 256mb of ram.

I know it doesn't match the 512, so it won't be even, but does this matter
much.

Or would 768 single channel be better than 512 dual channel?