Any single-bank 512MB sticks out there??

[erorr404]

i want to upgrade my system to 1 GB of RAM, but my motherboard only supports a maximum of 3 memory banks. my current stick of Kingston ValueRAM PC2700 has 2 memory banks, so the system wont support another stick with 2 banks, because there will be 4 banks in total.
ive been searching the web and can never find any info on how many banks a particular stick has. i would greatly appreciate it if someone could help me find a pretty cheap, single-bank 512 MB stick with decent timings. a single-bank 1 GB wouldn't hurt either, as long as its not too expensive.
thanks in advance.

 

[erorr404]

i found one - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146541
but it is PC3200, so is it compatible with my motherboard that only supports PC2700 max? i already have a 512 MB PC2700 stick in there, so will it just drop down to that frequency when i put it in? or will boot/compatibility issues arise?

 

[ZippyDan]

yes, pc3200 is fully backward compatible with pc2700 and pc2100 and pc2700 is backward compat with pc2100 etc. it just runs at the slower speed

 

[imported_buffdaddy]

yeah, this message is reguarding the junior member that give the link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146541 to the dimm chip. Im tryin to confirm if he/she was giving the link to the person to help them by suggesting this link based on the criteria the person that started the forum was lookin for. What I wanna know is, is the product from newegg.com single sided dimm or double sided? just reply to my email (buffdaddylxix@email.com) with help PLEASE.

 

[imported_buffdaddy]

Thanks alot guy, I dont know how you found such a good deal on one single sided. I had so much trouble with ones which had out standing prices....im likw whoa, wut the f@#k. for as much as some places was asking around I could have came out better gettin a gig for wut they asked. and for some reason, alot of european businesses sell 512mb single-sided. I could explain that one. Thats all i just bout got for results in search engines for single side 512....was european nonsense.thats just more trouble than its worth. ordering all the way from europe. I mean damn, u would think america would be just as on top the computer component industry as much as europe. Im tellin you guy, its been just real pain. Thx for the link.

 

[ebaycj]

yeah, so the BIOS definition of 'bank' is different than the marketing definition of 'bank'. I'm going to assume your sig is up to date and you're talking about the MSI 648-MAX motherboard. Though it says here ( http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=355 ) that it supports 3 (marketing) banks, that really means 3 dimms (which could have a total of 6 'BIOS' banks).

you honestly don't believe that a modern motherboard with 3 dimm slots would only support 3 single-sided dimm's do you ?

summary: OF COURSE your motherboard supports 3 double-sided dimms.

ebaycj

 

[erorr404]

unfortunately, i did believe it only supports 3 banks, and ended up wasting $40 . oh well now i have 1.5GB instead of 1GB .