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    Faulty DIMM slot...

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by classic77, Oct 1, 2008.

  1. classic77

    classic77 Notebook Evangelist

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    The desktop that my little brother games on when we play multiplayer needed some love, so I bought a new A13G+ motherboard, threw in an Athlon 3500+ and a new 8600 GT along with 2 GB of DDR2 (very cost effective upgrade from his P4 with a 6600 GT and 1GB ram)

    Anyway, after getting massive crashing I ran a memtest...it reported errors..

    I slowed the RAM ...ERRORS

    I replaced the "faulty" stick ...ERRORS

    It finally occurred to me to run the test with one of the old, supposedly defective sticks in the first DIMM slot... and behold, NO ERRORS.

    Long story short, one slot reports errors...what can be done? If I throw 1 2GB stick into the working slot, how much of a performance hit will I see compared the 2x1GB configuration due to the bandwidth reduction?
     
    classic77, Oct 1, 2008
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  2. icecubez189

    icecubez189 Notebook Deity

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    performance from the dual channel will be minimal. i would just go with the single 2GB. how many slots are available?
     
    icecubez189, Oct 1, 2008
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  3. classic77

    classic77 Notebook Evangelist

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    2, are you saying that the performance difference would be minimal?
     
    classic77, Oct 1, 2008
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  4. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    that is what he was saying (or what he should have said if he said something different)
     
    masterchef341, Oct 1, 2008
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