Duall chanell memory

[k700]

hi guys

i have the phenom x4 II 955 BE CPU

with 2GB stick 1333mhz kingston RAM

there is some delay and slowness in the system

i thought about the duall chanell RAM is it the problem??

i mean i have one 2GB stick do i need to enable the duall chanell something or i have these slowness

because the duall chanell is enabled although its one stick??

throw some ideas guys

 

[Ubrales]

2 GB is kinda low for RAM. Try adding another identical 2 GB stick.

 

[compulsivebuilder]

Dual channel requires two identical DIMMs. You can't "activate" dual channel with a single DIMM.

The memory subsystem is double the width of a DIMM. When you have two DIMMs installed, it reads from both at once. Hence the term dual channel.

Many motherboards can support a single DIMM, but the system has to work harder, having to read twice to get what it would normally read in one cycle. That does slow the machine down.

Get a second DIMM that's identical to the first, and I mean identical - same brand, same size, same speed, same latency. Plug it into the correct DIMM slot (usually the DIMM slots are two different colours, and plug the two DIMMs into the same colour), and dual channel will be automatically active.

 

[k700]

does it requires CPU that support duall chanell?

guys i think the slowness can be from the system spec:

something isnt compatibl maybe the RAM with the CPU or MOBO vice versa...

*also the video card is onboard taking the system ram

but i have 2 GB and it tooks about 300MB~ idle and 550MB on gameing
its set to auto in the bios......

and i know windows xp can work even with 280MB and i have "left" from the ram after what token by the video card like 1.3GB....

maybe only the fact the ram is shared is causing slowness???



Mobo: Gigabyte GA-MA785GT-UD3H

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE

RAM: 2GB onestick DDR3

HD's: HITACHI 82.3GB Hard Drive IDE (HDS728080PLAT20)

Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB SATAII 7200RPM 2MB Cache

DVD 's : LG GCC-4482B 48x24x48 CD-RW/16x DVD-ROM IDE Drive

LG GH22NS30 DVD-RW X22 SATA SecurDisk

sound :Creative blaster 5.1

Fans: 2 system fans(connected only to PSU) +CPU fan +case fan(also connected to PSU)

 

[mdd1963]

Your CPU and MB already support dual channel mem access, just get another identical 2 gb stick, and put the two sticks in the correct two color coded slots. (ref your MB manual!)