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General Category => Hardware => Topic started by: Skratz on November 24, 2001, 09:11:09 AM

Title: DDR placing
Post by: Skratz on November 24, 2001, 09:11:09 AM

hi,
people have been telling me that rambus mem. should be placed in pairs
other people however, have told me that that\'s bull[censored], that they can be placed in singles and that you need a terminator?

who should i beleve?

Title: DDR placing
Post by: Josetann on November 24, 2001, 02:17:15 PM

First, DDR RAM and RDRAM (a.k.a. Rambus RAM) are two completely different things.  Now, for the Rambus question...it depends on the motherboard.  I know the newer i850 boards require the ram to be installed in pairs.  The first boards out did not need them to be installed in pairs.  I am not certain if the i850 was the first chipset to require pairs or not though.

Title: DDR placing
Post by: Skratz on November 24, 2001, 05:11:33 PM

ahggrr crap, my mistake
i know the difference, but i keep saying the wrong names

thnx for the replie

Title: DDR placing
Post by: Josetann on November 24, 2001, 05:58:40 PM

Also forgot to mention...yes you need a terminator for all empty slots, for RDRAM.