Re: my dual channel DDR 400 RAM won't work on any linux distro

Mike Dresser (mdresser_l@windsormachine.com)
Wed, 16 Apr 2003 21:16:23 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 root@mauve.demon.co.uk wrote:

> This has a little basis in fact.
>
> "Double sided SIMMs" can have higher capacitances on the data lines, as there
> are more pins connected to the socket.
> This means more loading, especially at high speed.
>
> Add in marginal designs, and it can make a difference.

As well, these usually use two banks of memory.

I have a pair of crucial 256 meg sticks in my home pc, one is single sided
and one is double sided. when I decide that 512 meg isn't enough, I have
to make sure I get a stick that uses only one bank of ram, as my ASUS
p4B533-e shares DIMM2 and DIMM3's banks. You can only have single sided
dimms in it if you want to use both at once.

Mike

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