Dual Ddr Question Pls

[slimzky]

i have an nforce 2 mobo w/c supports dual ddr...

i have 1 pc. 256mb pc3200 ram & 1 pc. 128mb pc2100 ram...

i installed both of them in my mobo...

i even tried installing as if it has d same freq.. when i boot its detected as 386mb dual ddr266.. but eventually after weeks my system doesnt boot.. so i removed the 128 ram & installed it again on the other slot.. now, i have 386mb ddr266 (not dual anymore). ive been using this for months w/out prob.. however i want 2 get ur opinion bout wat ive done.. is it advisable to install different RAM w/ diff frequency? or shud i remove my 128mb Ram? & use my 256 only (w/c becomes pc400)... wer wud i get better performance... thnx.. i need ur advice guys

[puntoMX]

Best thing you could do is to buy an other 256MB DIMM like you already have and sell the 128MB DIMM.

If you don´t want that then use them like you are using now. Normaly it will not work on Dual DDR mode, so I´m wondering how you did that

[SiMoNsAyS]

so I´m wondering how you did that

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

me too.

actually dual channel feature is only supported on some boards with 2 exact modules from the same brand, frecuency, CL and size.

for example, sometimes, you buy a kingston 512 ddr400 and a kingston hyperx 512 ddr400, you set it at the same frecuency and CL and dual channel is not detected

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Edited March 11, 2005 by SiMoNsAyS

[slimzky]

dual works for me but the frequency was automaticaly adjusted same as d ram w/ the lower freq..

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sory guys.. MCT first commented about it..

[puntoMX]

Kingston "normal" and Kingston HyperX could indeed not be detected well, do you know why? It´s bc they have a diferent voltage settings.

I use for example ABIT nForce2 motherboard and get Kingston "normal" and Transcend 200MHz DIMMs working fine in dual mode .