So I was completing a tech call for someone and they insisted that their RAM NEEDED to be UNstaggered in order to boot properly. It was 2-8 GB sticks of Corsair Vengence DDR3 1600 on an MSI Z97-D65 Gaming Motherboard. She got this information from the guy who designed her rig. I had never heard of this as I've always been told that 2 sticks in a motherboard with 4 slots are ALWAYS staggered to take advantage of the dual-channel architecture on a motherboard. Eventually, I ended up speaking directly with this guy and he was telling me that on her setup it was required to be either in 1/2 or 3/4 configuration. This was perplexing to me as I'd NEVER heard of anything of the sort nor should any particular configuration of the RAM prevent the computer from at least POSTing. He also insisted that all modern high-end motherboards require this configuration. He was VERY insistent on this.
Now granted I haven't built a gaming rig in about 5 years, have I been misinformed or has something changed in the industry engineering-wise that I missed regarding this? Because to me, this sounds like the board has something wrong with it. But perhaps I'm mistaken.
I did eventually fix the issues plaguing the machine and sure enough, it would only post in the 3/4 configuration. I didn't try the 1/2 configuration it was in originally though.
What say you forums? Is there any reason RAM would NEED to be configured in a 1/2 or 3/4 vs. the traditional 1/3 or 2/4 configuration? If so why? If not how do I explain to this guy that this is not how this is supposed to work?
Now granted I haven't built a gaming rig in about 5 years, have I been misinformed or has something changed in the industry engineering-wise that I missed regarding this? Because to me, this sounds like the board has something wrong with it. But perhaps I'm mistaken.
I did eventually fix the issues plaguing the machine and sure enough, it would only post in the 3/4 configuration. I didn't try the 1/2 configuration it was in originally though.
What say you forums? Is there any reason RAM would NEED to be configured in a 1/2 or 3/4 vs. the traditional 1/3 or 2/4 configuration? If so why? If not how do I explain to this guy that this is not how this is supposed to work?