DDR MEMORY

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by JSRife, Jun 27, 2004.

  1. JSRife

    JSRife Guest

    Got a quick question... My Mobo can handle a max of 1 gig of DDR 2100 memory (I know sad) but, anyway I have 2 slots for DDR memory. What if I had one slot empty, and the other slot filled with a 1 gig stick of memory, would that fry out my Mobo? Vs just having 2 sticks of 512mb ?
     
    JSRife, Jun 27, 2004
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  2. cozza1987

    cozza1987 Guest

    Hey

    Well if you only have 2 RAM slots, and can only support 1G total, each slot will only be able to take 512mb Chip MAX. Therefore if u put a 1GB RAM chip, it will either Not work or will only show as 512mb.

    So, easisest way, buy 2 512mb Chips.

    Regards
    CoZZa
     
    cozza1987, Jun 27, 2004
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  3. Praetor

    Praetor Moderator Staff Member

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    Depends on the motherboard... siome motherboards have an additional limitation on the maximum size of individual modules
     
    Praetor, Jun 27, 2004
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  4. Sophocles

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    To be safe I would go with 2 512 sticks.
     
    Sophocles, Jul 1, 2004
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  5. JSRife

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    Isn't there some memory coming out or already out called DDR 2?
     
    JSRife, Jul 3, 2004
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  6. Sophocles

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    Yes DDR2 is coming out but I think your motherboard/chipset has to support it.
     
    Sophocles, Jul 3, 2004
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  7. Praetor

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    DDR2 is already available :p (well.... Corsair has it)
     
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    Now if Asus or another quality board manufacturer can get a good PCI express ready board on the market we might have something.
     
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