[ale] Ot: ddr3 dual mode

[Boris Borisov]

Back on the horse. Another PC same config. Ran memtest three time. First
time bunch of errors. Second time errors just arond 350 MB. Third time no
errors. I'm talking just for first 5 percent of neatest not full run.

Is that possible.
On Feb 26, 2016 7:41 AM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> 150 W won't drive even the RAM in the systems I build :-)
>
> With dual, huge CPUs, monster GPU and coprocessor cards, 1.4 KW are my
> little ones. Next gen are 2KW.
>
> If this gear was in my house, I could use this as a furnace or hot water
> supply.
> On Feb 25, 2016 11:44 PM, "DjPfulio" <DjPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
>
>> I use cheap power supplies.
>>
>> Would much rather spend money on a quality ups. Only once in 30 plus
>> years has a power supply caused issues.
>>
>> However, I have been purchasing Seasonic ultra quiet PSU's the last 8
>> years. Quiet is more important than anything else to me these days.
>>
>> Plus none of my systems requires more than 150 watts of power so those
>> huge 750 watt power supplies are a complete waste in my environment. If you
>> stay away from AMD desktop CPUs and Intel Core i7 CPUs then the power
>> requirements are much less.
>>
>> On 25 February 2016 17:37:44 GMT-05:00, Jim Kinney <jkinney at jimkinney.us>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On February 25, 2016 5:34:42 PM EST, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Part 2 YES! and so can bad power. NEVER use a crappy, cheap, light in
>>>> weight, power supply no matter what the sticker says it is rated at. I
>>>> once
>>>> knew of a vendor of computer parts in Norcross who had power supplies
>>>> without stickers and put what ever sticker on the power supply that the
>>>> customer wanted (back in those days something like 150, 200 or 250
>>>> Watt) on
>>>> the same supplies. I expect the quality of even crappy power supplies
>>>> is
>>>> better now than then (nearly 30 years ago), but when it comes to power
>>>> supplies, you pretty much get what you pay for and heavier power
>>>> supplies
>>>> have more capacity to maintain the rated output, esp in noisy AC supply
>>>> environments.
>>>>
>>>
>>> +100
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Ok I did put them in two slots 0 and 1 which were in blue color. But
>>>>>  memtest still shows single channel mode. Maybe is bios option or
>>>>>
>>>> something
>>>>
>>>>>  else I didn't had time to play. PC is part from equipment buried
>>>>>
>>>> behind
>>>>
>>>>>  wires so no time to do it twice.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Thanks for all opinions.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Part 2 question:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Can bad memory ruin
>>>>> Windows install?
>>>>>  On Feb 25, 2016 3:38 PM, "Greg Clifton" <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Yes, start with the lowest numbered slots as mentioned above 0 or 1
>>>>>>
>>>>> as
>>>>
>>>>>  the case may be, but the like colored slots should be labeled 0A and
>>>>>>
>>>>> 0B or
>>>>
>>>>>  1A and 1B and 2A and 2B, and so forth. Most motherboards can work
>>>>>>
>>>>> with a
>>>>
>>>>>  single memory module installed and in a single CPU motherboard, it
>>>>>>
>>>>> probably
>>>>
>>>>>  won't matter which color slots you use, but in order to benefit from
>>>>>>
>>>>> the
>>>>
>>>>>  dual channel nature (and
>>>>>> thus best memory performance) of the
>>>>>>
>>>>> motherboard,
>>>>
>>>>>  put the modules in like colored slots.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 3:06 PM, DJ-Pfulio <djpfulio at jdpfu.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>  On 02/25/2016 12:36 PM, Boris Borisov wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  I have 2 sticks by 2gb. My mobo has 4 slots 2 dark and 2 light
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  colored. Where
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  should I insert sticks to get dual channel working.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  No Google time. Don't shoot me :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Every motherboard is different, so if you don't look it up, you'll
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> never
>>>>
>>>>>  know.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  RTFM for the motherboard.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Put them in the same colored slots starting with slot 0.  That
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> should be
>>>>
>>>>>  safe to
>>>>>>>  get the most performance.
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