RDRAM Question

[NotSoSimple]

Q: Can you run one single chip of RDRAM on a motherboard, if all other RAM Slots have terminator in them?

Ive googled the Q a couple times and found nothing. So heres where your expertiece<sp?> comes in.

 

[CJP]

nm

 

[ForceCalibur]

No, they NEED to be run in dual channel.

 

[tweeve2002]

Originally posted by: ForceCalibur
No, they NEED to be run in dual channel.

:thumbsup:

 

[jagec]

*you mean a single STICK

I'm almost positive that's a no.

BTW, a fan blowing directly on your RDRAM can really help your overclock, MUCH more than a fan blowing on DDR.

 

[NotSoSimple]

TY guys. Arr now if only RDRAM prices would drop. Nothing like inheriting a whole system...With 128mb of RDRAM.

 

[ForceCalibur]

Yea, I hear ya. I use a Dell myself with a RDRAM motherboard. Its slow, and its annoying, and its hard to upgrade and rather expensive. Good thing this is going to last me only like 1-2 more years until a complete new rig (Btx, pci-express, ddr2, dual CPU, dual core, Dual GPU!!) Lol, i can hope!

 

[NotSoSimple]

Hmm keep me in mind when you pull that RD

 

[remagavon]

They need to be installed in pairs as people have said, with 2 sticks of identical size memory (doesn't have to be the same speed however, it defaults to lowest on most boards IIRC), and another 2 C-Rimms (for continuity).

Rambus was blazing fast for the day, I remember being blown away by the performance a couple years back. I use it currently in a xeon system.

Rambus does get hot, but it's designed to. I've never seen a cool running stick of Rambus, and I've used quite a few of them.

 

[jagec]

all I know is that I'm glad the system that I traded for back in the day came with 768MB RDRAM. No need to pay the ripoff prices and upgrade. AWESOME overclocker, too.

 

[Steve]

The Intel i820 chipset allowed you to use Rambus without pairing it, even a single DIMM. Of course that's part of why it was buggy, the Rambus standard specifies running paired DIMMs. Regardless, you should decide if it's worthwhile to stick with RDRAM or move on.

 

[remagavon]

Originally posted by: sm8000
The Intel i820 chipset allowed you to use Rambus without pairing it, even a single DIMM. Of course that's part of why it was buggy, the Rambus standard specifies running paired DIMMs. Regardless, you should decide if it's worthwhile to stick with RDRAM or move on.

The i820 chipset was so horrible it didn't even occur to me when I posted; as you said the i820 (pentium 3 chipset) can run with a single stick of Rambus.

I was referring to the i850/60 (Pentium 4 /Xeon) in my post. HTH.