Quick and easy question (I'm sure)

[jaycub]

I had to swap the guts out from a case into a new one for my father, it was my first "build" and it went pretty smoothly actually.

One question is the RAM.
The mobo is the Asus A7N8X-X
http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/Motherboards/Asus-A7N8X-X/

It has 3 slots for memory the first 2 on the left are fairly close to each other and the 3rd one is gapped off a bit to the right.
I have both 1G sticks in the slots on the left is this right?
On boot up I noticed the black screen saying "single channel model" so not sure if this is right or not?

Thank you.

 

[WildW]

Presumably if it mentions single channel, it can run in the superior dual channel mode. I would try swapping one stick to the other memory slot - my first guess would be to leave the middle one empty.

Usually these things are colour coded, but the code varies 😛 Sometimes you want both in the same colour slots, sometimes, you don't. Without looking at your motherboard manual which I can't get at due to crappy work internet connection, all I can do is guess.

 

[Majic 7]

It's only single channel so where you have your ram installed is fine. I don't think it really matters where you install the ram. If your OS shows the same amount as you have installed you should be good to go.

 

[dank69]

That page you linked to says at the very top of the specifications section that the board has no dual channel support.

 

[jaycub]

I guess if it shows 2048 while in XP I should leave it at that. lol
Can't be bothered with tweaking and all that, just wanted to make sure for the old man's sake.
Appreciate the help guys.