Which Slot?

Dakota · Rated R Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 67

I have this in my computer, the memory is in slots 2 & 3, they are a pair. Should they be in 1 & 2?

1. ABIT NForce2 Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket A CPU, Mdl. #â€œNF7-Sâ€ V2

2. AMD Mobile Athlon XP 2600+, 266 MHz FSB, 512K L2 Cache Processor

3. Kingston HyperX (1gig X2 gig) 184pin DDR SDRAM 400 (PC3200) in slots 2 and 3.

(TSC)Bender · Rated NC-17 Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Posts: 162

For dual channel memory configuration, the memory should be set in a specific order, depending on the motherboard. The memory slots for most mobos are color coded and you can look up the slot combinations. If I remember correctly, my old Nforce2 mobo was able to do dual channel in slot combinations: 1&2, 3&4, 1&3, 2&4. I would imagine it would be the same for most other motherboards as well

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:37:43 Post Subject:

This one only has three slots... Right? All black, too...

I saw this online:

(TSC)Bender · Rated NC-17 Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Posts: 162

Looked at the motherboard and it is indeed three memory slots and all black. I saw that either 2&3 or 1&3 configurations works. Guess it makes a little bit of sense since the third slot looks like it's separated from the other two a little bit.

Qmoe · Rated PG Joined: 27 Aug 2009 Posts: 6

Am I the only one who finds it odd to have a dual channel board have three slots? 2 or 4, sure, cause you can pair them up, but I don't think I've ever seen one with three.