-=PCTechTalk=- Re: memory question
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 01:23:25 -0400
Congratulations, Cristy!!! :O)
Your experience is not much different from what the rest of us tech-heads go
through. I've had several times when a stick wasn't quite in all the way
and I had to go back in to redo it. lol
CPU-Z will always label them according to use while your mainboard will
label them according to placement. Most mainboard makers are nice enough to
make them match, but you obviously have one of the oddballs that don't. The
important thing is that you were able to work out the locations and then got
your system running in DC. If you REALLY want to see the actual difference
in performance, you will need to install and run a memory benchmarking
utility twice. Once with the sticks in DC and once with them in SC. It
would require that you go back into the computer and swap two of the sticks
to take it out of DC for one of those tests. Then, go back in and swap them
back for the second test. I might be able to save you some of the trouble
by providing a link to some already run tests on another system. The
results won't be exactly the same as what your system experiences, but it's
still be a similar jump in performance.
When reading the accompanying text, leep in mind that it was written in
April of 2005. Many consumer level programs have been optimized for DC
since then and today's real-world results would certainly reflect that fact.
http://www.tcmagazine.com/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=128
Peace,
Gman
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 6:25 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: memory question
> Hey Gman,
>
> Here is an update on "operation dual channel memory upgrade". You will be
> proud to know I got the case cover off, pulled memory out "twice" and
> back
> in, checked cpuz three times, finally achieved dual channel memory status
> ..and best of all "all by myself", no supervision ;0 and hardly had to
> slap
> the computer at all. With a flashlight, I was able to see what my brother
> was showing me where the slots were marked 1,3,2,4. And the two one gig
> sticks (new ones) were in slot 1 and 3 which were right beside each other.
> So I took the two old sticks out of slots 2 and 4 and studied them to see
> if
> they looked exactly the same, they were both made by Kingston and both 512
> mg, but looked slightly diff with the little paper sticker on them (I
> could
> not see exactly how they differed though) but I removed both, then went
> and
> got the two 256 sticks that had previously been in the computer and put
> one
> of them in slot 2 and one in slot 4 (the last two slots). Fired up the
> computer and ran Cpuz, still said single and showed slot 1 with the new
> one
> gig stick, slot 2 with a new 1 gig stick, slot 3 with a 256 mg older
> stick,
> slot 4 with 256 mg older stick. Confusing to say the least,
>
> so I thought ok what the heck, dived back in and tried putting one of the
> new 1 gig sticks (according to numbers in my computer) in slot 2 and left
> one new one in slot 1, moved one of the 256 sticks to slot 3 (as my
> computer
> is numbered). Ran cpuz again and said "single" still grr..and in the slot
> info, it showed slot 4 as empty, I think I had a hard time getting it all
> the way in apparently. So went and redid that stick, fired up ran cpuz
> again and YEAH it said "dual" and showed the sticks as they should be.
> My
> question is why are my computer slots marked that way and cpuz is diff.
> And
> how to I see how much faster or better my computer is running now.
> Actually, last night after adding the two 512's and the new 2 gig, I did
> notice a diff, improvement.
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