Double sided RAM blues...

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maverick77_uk

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Hi,

I've built a few comps, and have just finished building one. I usually buy generic RAM, as I've never had a prob with it, and generally don't overclock, so its fine. However, for my latest comp, my usual supplier sent me 512MB 2700 DDR RAm that had chips on both sides. In the past, it has only had chips on the one side of the circuit board. The comp only sees it as 256MB. When one of the old modules is plugged in, it sees that fine as 512MB. Why is that? Why don't MoBo manufacturers say "This MoBo is fussy and only accepts single sided RAM"? Wny don't companies selling generic RAM say "This is the single or the double sided type"?

Humph......Got to send the RAM back now and try and get some single sided stuff, whatever the difference may be!

If someone could tell me why the MoBo's are so fussy, that would be great!

Cheers!
 
maverick77_uk said:
Hi,

I've built a few comps, and have just finished building one. I usually buy generic RAM, as I've never had a prob with it, and generally don't overclock, so its fine. However, for my latest comp, my usual supplier sent me 512MB 2700 DDR RAm that had chips on both sides. In the past, it has only had chips on the one side of the circuit board. The comp only sees it as 256MB. When one of the old modules is plugged in, it sees that fine as 512MB. Why is that? Why don't MoBo manufacturers say "This MoBo is fussy and only accepts single sided RAM"? Wny don't companies selling generic RAM say "This is the single or the double sided type"?

Humph......Got to send the RAM back now and try and get some single sided stuff, whatever the difference may be!

If someone could tell me why the MoBo's are so fussy, that would be great!

Cheers!
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to me its a marketing gimmick, it gets more money to the company, and like dell, compaq or who ever, dosnt want to upgrade there products, so then they just make newer models for people to buy
 
try this... put your double-sided stick in the first ram slot in your motherboard and then put the single sided stick in the next slot.

you also might wanna check what configurations your motherboard supports in the manual, they usually list them in there :)
 
Why don't MoBo manufacturers say "This MoBo is fussy and only accepts single sided RAM"? Wny don't companies selling generic RAM say "This is the single or the double sided type"?
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Mobo manufacturers do have stuff on SS/DS memory ... its just usually in the manual -- which people dont read. As for companies selling generic RAM, it's classic "buyer beware"
 
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