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    Dual Channel on F5R ?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by WilderWein, May 24, 2008.

  1. WilderWein

    WilderWein Newbie

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    Hello, I have question about how to turn on DualChannel memory support on my F5R. Had looked over the net, but not found any solutions for this problem. I know that it is possible to make it work, but don't know how to do it. Now I have two Kingston 1gb modules working on single channel, it would be nice to make it work in dual-channel mode :rolleyes:
    my F5R config: Dual-Core T2130, graphic Ati Radeon x1100, 120gb hdd, 2gb ram.
     
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  2. nobscot6

    nobscot6 Wise One

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    did you check the bios?
     
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  3. WilderWein

    WilderWein Newbie

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    yes, I have checked bios, there are no memory-related settings :(
    also updated it to actual version, but there aren't too.
    Maybe dual-channel mode is unavailable because of some memory is taken by graphic card ? :confused2:
     
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  4. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    akaik, all of Asus' notebooks have two memory slots (even if one is soldered to the MB) so if you have both occupied then you are running the RAM in dual-channel.

    otoh, dual-channel in notebooks provides only a negligible performance boost (unlike the big bump on desktop MBs) that you're only somewha likely to see on benchmarks only, so it really doesn't matter.
     
    ClearSkies, May 24, 2008
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