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Article #20820Re: 2GB problem with Intel motherboard
From: Bob Bailin
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:25
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:25
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"Adams" <spam.no.more@spam.no.more.com> wrote in message news:n4E2j.20705$4V6.9358@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net... > "Bob Bailin" <72027.3605@compuserve.com> wrote in message > news:0wD2j.27073$lD6.5870@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net... >> >> >> I'd suspect that the 2nd 1GB is faulty. Run the Vista memory diagnostic >> on each module separately, and then install them together and run them >> again. >> >> Unless the two 1GB modules are identical, it's possible that the SPD >> timing info on one of them is not correct. The motherboard will try to >> use the slower timing of the two when they are differrent. >> >> If they are identical, you get the best performance by having one >> in Channel A, DIMM 0 and the other in Channel B, DIMM 0 >> (Dual channel, interleaved mode). >> >> Also, make sure you have the most recent BIOS installed. >> >> Bob > > Bob, > Actually, I swap the two 1GB memory modules and results are the same. > Also, another problem running Vista with 2GB, I often get this error: > > "Superfetch has stopped working" - "A problem caused the program to stop > working correctly. Please close the program." > > What mode is Channel A, DIMM 0 with 1GB and Channel A, DIMM 1 has 1GB. That would be single channel, asymmetric mode. Slightly less efficient than dual channel. I would seriously recommend that you run the Vista Memory Diagnostic before you try anything else. From the search box on the start menu, type in: memory and it should be the first program in the results. Bob
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