RAM placement dual channel?

[questionsss]

Ey, I got 2x identical ddr3 RAM sticks. My board is h97-plus and has got 4 ram slots total. So, in which slots exactly do I place the 2 ram sticks? The slots are called A1, A2, B1, B2. I've heard somewhere that you need to put it in slots "1 and 3" or "2 and 4" to have active "dual channel". Not sure how that dual channel thing works or if at all... So, do I just place the 2 sticks in A1 and A2 (first 2 slots), or in A1 and B1 (1 and 3).
Thank u and sorry for the beginner question .

 

[ESPclipse]

It will be listed in the manual which slots to use for a dual channel kit, though I suspect the appropriate slots are A1 and B1. Look in the motherboard manual for such answers, I swear it's in there

 

[boosted1g]

It varies by motherboard which slots you need, some want 1&3 and some want 1&2.
Fortunately that little book that came with your motherboard, the manual, will tell you which slots to put it in.

 

[hyperparageom]

Hi, questionsss! One of my boards is an H97M-E and the manual diagram of it is showing slots (channels) A1&A2 for Channel 1 and slots B1&B2 for Channel 2. The spec in question is referenced in Section 1.4 "System Memory", subsection 1.4.1 "Overview". Should be about the same in your manual. Welcome to Tom's!`

 

[questionsss]

The manual lists A1+A2 (1 and 2 slots) as channel 1 and B1+B2 (3 and 4 slots) for channel 2. Does that mean with A1 and A2 i don't get dual channel? Furthermore, the slots are coloured gray - 1 and 3, and black - 2 and 4... kind of confusing.

Not really sure what "dual channel" means and if it works with 2 identical sticks.

 

[ESPclipse]

Dual channel simply means that calls to the system memory can occur across 2 channels, and therefore 2 memory modules, at once, making total memory activity in the system (theoretically) twice as fast as a single channel might be. Using a dual-channel memory kit, place both RAM sticks in the 2 corresponding DIMM slots that comprise one channel. So if the manual says A1 & A2 are channel 1, then use A1 & A2

 

[questionsss]

Ok, thanks. Was thinking that since A1+A2 is channel A (1), one should use A1 and B1 to have a stick in both channels, but if you say so .