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    V6 memory upgrade....and mix matching memory ?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by mograph, Jun 4, 2005.

  1. mograph

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    Hi,

    I'm just about to order the V6 (which now comes with 1 stick of 512MB) and I have a sticks of ram at work (Kingston 512MB DDR2-400 KVR400D2S3/512 ). Can mix match this memory with the default memory or is better to order V6 together with an extra stick? I heard that mixing different brand memory modules can sometime produce unstable results. Also, what brand is the default memory that come with V6 ? Thanks a lot,

    Mike
     
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    You should be fine with that.. it'll still run in dual channel mode.

    Nanya RAM is what Asus' uses most of the time... That's what's in the V6v

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    Nanya == Kingston?

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    No, Nanya is the a RAM module maker who also makes their own sticks.

    I just looked in my W3 and those RAM modules are Hynix.....

    The one thing that Asus bids out on a monthly basis is RAM... like anyone other major computer computer.... So what you have might not be what someone else has and so on.

    Kingston uses Nanya in some modules...... I've seen panasonic in their microdimms... it all depends.

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    I don't know almost nothing about memories, only that last saturday I bought 2x512 simms LABELED as Kingston (for a desktop computer) and CPU-Z says the next data about 1 of'em.

    DIMM #4

    General
    Memory type DDR-SDRAM
    Manufacturer (ID) Nanya Technology (7F7F7F0B00000000)
    Size 512 MBytes
    Max bandwidth PC3200 (200 MHz)
    Part number **********-5T
    Serial number *******
    Manufacturing date Week 22/Year 05

    Attributes
    Number of banks 2
    Data width 64 bits
    Correction None
    Registered no
    Buffered no

    Timings table
    Frequency (MHz) 166 200
    CAS# 2.5 3.0
    RAS# to CAS# delay 3 3
    RAS# Precharge 3 3
    TRAS# 7 8



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    Yeah, thats the ram chip itself...... Kingston doesn't make their own ram chips, them make the boards and sell them.......... They use Nanya ram 70% of the time I'd bet.

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    Thx ;)

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    you're welcome

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