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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: FireSeraph on September 18, 2006, 16:20

Title: RAM
Post by: FireSeraph on September 18, 2006, 16:20

HI, I have a socket 754 AMD motherboard with 2 DIMM slots.  I have 2 512MB pc3200 184pin sticks in there.  I was wondering if I can add a 1GB stick and take out the 512MB.  I don't know if I have dual channel or not and if so does it make a difference?

Title: RAM
Post by: Simon on September 18, 2006, 16:38

Sandra will probably be able to confirm that, but in the meantime, you could check out www.crucial.com./uk who guarantee to match memory to motherboard.  You don't actually have to commit to buy anything to get the information you need.

Title: RAM
Post by: sam on September 18, 2006, 21:46

do you know the make and model of the motherboard?

Title: RAM
Post by: Sandra on September 19, 2006, 00:25

It shouldnt do any harm to try it, the pc will let you know if its not suitable.

Have you already got the 1 gig ram or are you thinking about buying some ?

Title: RAM
Post by: gmax on September 19, 2006, 12:17

Read your motherboard manual or go to your motherboard website and
check what size and combination of ram is supported. Also some motherboards are fussy with what brand ram they use.

Title: RAM
Post by: FireSeraph on September 19, 2006, 22:16

I have a socket 754 motherboard, I haven't bought the RAM yet.  You see I was wondering if I could buy a 1 gig stick and put it in there instead of having to put 2 in there if it was dual channel.  That way I could go ahead and buy 1 gig and not have to spend nearly $200 dollars or more

Title: RAM
Post by: sam on September 19, 2006, 23:27

Quote

a socket 754 motherboard,

doesn't actually help too much... any idea of the manufacturer, I'm sure we can advise you properly then.

Title: RAM
Post by: Sandra on September 20, 2006, 00:46

The model number would be a good idea too.

Title: RAM
Post by: FireSeraph on September 20, 2006, 05:20

It is a AMD Athalon 64 3200+
Motherboard Name   Asus K8S-LA
Motherboard ID   01/10/2005-SiS-760-6A7I7A09-00
Motherboard Chipset   SiS760GX
Company Name   ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

Title: RAM
Post by: gmax on September 20, 2006, 06:27

yes, your M/B supports 1 gig sticks of ram.