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kingston valueram. not dual channel compatible??

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ZippyDan

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i just picked up some kingston pc2700 valueram. there is a sticker on the box that says "Not Dual-Channel Compatible"

wtf. how can memory not be dual channel compatible? more importantly, is the sticker correct? i plan to use this on an nforce2 board

additionally, how can i tell what type of memory chips this uses (the chips say Kingston on them, with letters and numbers 🙂

~Zippy!
 
It could be that Value ram hasn't been tested/failed to run at Dual Channel mode. Value RAM from what I've observed is mix chips sometimes, meaning you might get micron, transcend, etc.



 
erm maybe im missing something...

if a stick of ram is tested to run at CL2.5 PC2700 how is it going to fail at running in dual channel at CL2.5 PC2700? i guess im just not very familiar with dual channel... the bottom line is, is it really possible that a stick of memory CANT work in dual channel mode period?

and on chip brands... youre saying it could be mixed all on the same pcb??

~Zippy!
 
I don't know much about dual channel issues either, but I do know that I have a Soltek 75FRN2-L running in dual channel mode (according to the BIOS message at boot) with 1 piece of Crucial PC2100 and 1 piece of Kingston ValueRAM PC2100 DDR. It has been perfectly stable since the day I installed the board.
 
It works fine in the 5 dual channel systems ive built around it.

Intel I875 (dell 400SC)
Asus P4P8X (2)
MSI 655-MAX (2)

All using 2x512MB Kingston PC2700 valueram.

Furthermore every chip ive recieved so far does PC3200 @ CAS3
 
Originally posted by: ZippyDan
erm maybe im missing something...

if a stick of ram is tested to run at CL2.5 PC2700 how is it going to fail at running in dual channel at CL2.5 PC2700? i guess im just not very familiar with dual channel... the bottom line is, is it really possible that a stick of memory CANT work in dual channel mode period?

and on chip brands... youre saying it could be mixed all on the same pcb??

~Zippy!
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Quite possible where Crucial admitted to having problems with nForce 2 boards when the boards first came out. I'm not sure they resolved that issue or not.

I guess Kingston maybe wants to push their Hyper X line.
 
I guess Kingston maybe wants to push their Hyper X line.
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I imagine that is exactly it... they don't test the cheapo RAM for dual-channel compatibility, but they do test and guarantee the expensive stuff will work.
 
Beware, you get what you pay for. ValueRAM sucks, and even more so in some (maybe all?) Nforce2 boards.

Personally, I had endless reboots and misc. problems with PC2700 ValueRAM in my Epox 8RDA (at 133MHz it wasn't as bad, but it still wasn't right). Look elsewhere if you want a stable NF2-based system.
 
Personaly I'd suggest the Buffalo Ram from Newegg, it's fairly cheap, and uses Winbond CH-5 or BH-5 chips and OC's pretty well w/ Nforce boards
 
Originally posted by: Arcanedeath
Personaly I'd suggest the Buffalo Ram from Newegg, it's fairly cheap, and uses Winbond CH-5 or BH-5 chips and OC's pretty well w/ Nforce boards
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I'll second the Buffalo. Overclocks like a demon.
 
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