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pippa
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11. September 2005 @ 19:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi all, thanks for taking the time to read.
My dilema is: If i have a total of 4 RAM slots, and two are already occupied with 2 x 256MB sticks, and i put in an extra 1 x 512MB stick, how much total accessible RAM is there? I now have 1 spare slot.
Is it better to put another 2 x 256 making for a total of 4 x 256mb or have 2 x 256 + 1 x 512, and leaving one slot spare??
Someone told me that even if i add 1 stick of 512 to the current config, i will only get a total of 768mb. Is this true?

thanks for your time and help.




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11. September 2005 @ 19:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
should have 1 gig but that depends on the motherboard. i prefer using 2 sticks at a time so that if 1 goes bad you still have the other 1 til get a replacement
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11. September 2005 @ 19:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok ddp, the goal is to have 1GB at the end but whats ur answer to the question? Will adding one stick of 512 to 2 x 256 sticks give a total of 768 or 1 GB?
Some people say u cant use RAM thats bigger than the RAM beside it. Do you agree?
Cheers.





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12. September 2005 @ 03:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
A total of 768. Just go buy a gig. Cost bout 750..00 over at neweggg. Then put the 256 in next. Make sure the biggest ram is right next to the cpu.


edit....remeber biggest...the next size down.......the the smallest size....

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12. September 2005 @ 09:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If your motherboard takes DDR RAM, if you use only 3 slots, it may run in single channel mode. I know that mine will, if I use that configuration.

Best policy...fill 2 slots or all 4 slots.

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pippa
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12. September 2005 @ 13:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey thanks fellas, yes it is DDR RAM and there are four slots in total, 2 have been used with 2 x 256 already. It a KM2M MSI mobo. I think i will get 2 more sticks of 256 to make 1 GB. Will that work?




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12. September 2005 @ 15:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thats funny Pippa, my understanding was that the KM2M MSI motherboard had only 2 slots for DDR ram and 2 slots for SDRam. Funny that. Do you have a magical motherboard that changes to 4xddr slots or something? cuase you must you potsy mongrel. where do i buy one of these magical boards from? I think they would be a real hit on ebay. Come on guys lets get him! And the answer to your question about aichieving 1 Gb or ram is simple. You see Pippa, the same people that made ur magical slot changing board also make 1 Gb sticks of ram. Buy a bull dozer!
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12. September 2005 @ 16:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ya know what Dingo, ur a mad mongrel! You'd drop a stick of dynamite on my head, u would. Perhaps u should buy yourself a bull dozer and drive away on it, since u obviously know so much about RAM. Maybe try and answer the question, instead of showing us all how potsy u are. Just a thought...




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12. September 2005 @ 16:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No hes right. Stop being so damn cheap...go buy a gig for bout 80 off of newegg or if your mobo supports it...a dual channel kit of two gigs or two 512s...which would be faster than a single gig. Problem solved. No fricking brain tease.
pippa
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12. September 2005 @ 17:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
well righto ozzy, ur a mad mongrel as well! Probably drop 2 sticks of dynamite on my head, u would.




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12. September 2005 @ 17:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Wooo Ozzy! Aright! Yeah!, Like Ozzy said, instead of spending your money on $20 gift vouchers at the chemist you should just buy 1 Gig! Greeedy mongrel, see ya round the chicken shed!! buk buk buk bukraa!
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12. September 2005 @ 17:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
pippa, here is your motherboard, 2 sdram slots & 2 ddr slots, total ram 2gig. http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_deta...
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12. September 2005 @ 18:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thanks ddp. yea i gues 1GB stick is the only option. Its just that im in new zealand and it costs around $260 for a 1GB stick or about $180 of ur American dollars, but oh well, gotta be done.
And by the way dingopelt, a turkey like you would feel right at home around the chicken shed! gobble gobble, gobble gobble!!




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DingoPelt
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12. September 2005 @ 18:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Tripe tripe tripe! Your invisable! I seen new zealand and you know, a generator on the door or a stick of dynamite would do wonders for that dump. The only turkey round here is you! Now go buy a stick of ram or i break your legs AND your arms! Aye YOU!
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12. September 2005 @ 19:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
pippa, i'm not american but a canadian. we are better than them!!!
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12. September 2005 @ 21:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I am quite certain that I have missed something here, outside of the fact that pippa's mobo only has 2 DDR slots. LOL

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13. September 2005 @ 07:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!need more, laughing so hard,i feel out of my chair!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pippa
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13. September 2005 @ 16:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That lousy mongrel Dingo! I got that mobo from santa claus...didnt even believe in the turkey!
Im not invisible, whats invisable is ur brain! Haahhahahaha!
You couldnt break my arms and legs cause Jake the Muss would break yours first then slap ya silly and tell ya to go make him some eggs.
I dont know how to handle money, so buying a GB of RAM could be expensive, especially when i will have to bin the 512 thats already in there. Seems like a waste.




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pippa
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13. September 2005 @ 18:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
and another thing...why would they have 2 types of RAM on one board if ya cant use em together? How stupid! Make a decision to go with one type and stick with it. "O-kay mate"





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DingoPelt
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13. September 2005 @ 19:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You must be a real turkey pippa, you really must not know how to handle money if you going round throwing 512mb of ram in bins you potsy mongrel. I think your full of bull dust, dug yourself a bundle of garbage and dreeeamed the rest! And you damn right lucky i didnt buy a bulldozer cuase I would have come to your house knocked it over including your chicken coop you bastard guy.
Maybe you should have asked santa for some magical size changing ram aswell when you asked him for your magical slot changing board you goose.
Better yet, forget buying ram i think you should just go buy a calculator as all this technology seems to much for you to get a grasp of! I think we should stop calling you pippa and start calling you Casio!
Now stick that in your biscuit tin you flamin mongrel!




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13. September 2005 @ 19:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
DingoPelt bulldusts. I dont!
I think we should stop calling u Dingopelt and start calling you NostrilHair. Even old Eurie knows you cant drive a bulldozer all the way to new zealand. I mean honestly, ya wouldnt read about it!
I figure u got RAM fever. So full of turkey stuffing you dont know what ur saying. And why would i want to stick it in my biscuit tin? You'd only take it.
Ok, so i would only need to remove one 256 stick and replace the other with a 1GB stick giving a total of 1270MB (used my newly purchased casio for that one). I hope u dont wok in IT ya flamin galah as RAM fever can spread pretty quick when a contagious germ like you is spreading it round faster than the lastest bulldust. We'd soon see a collapse of the industry. SDRAM, DDR RAM...why dont ya RAM it up ya cake hole!!! Haahahahahaha!




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pippa
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13. September 2005 @ 19:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
and before u say it, i know itys 1280 total RAM, (typo) :P




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13. September 2005 @ 20:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well this is fun.LOL.

Government big enough to supply everything you need is powerful enough to take everything you have.


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DingoPelt
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13. September 2005 @ 21:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Typo?? Bulldust! Seems you cant even work your Casio! Probably bought a cheap one to compensate for lashing out on your gigabite ram stick!
Potsy mongrel


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