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"Julie" wrote in message
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I am a newbie to this and just installed a GA-7N400 pro 2
motherboard. I wondered if anyone could confirm/answer a couple of
questions for me.
(Spec
at bottom)

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2. Am I correct in thinking the RAM sticks should be in slots 1 and
3
(same
colour)
***** That works, your using just channel A. To take full advantage
of the board consider 1 stick in DDR1 and the other in DDR3.****

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I have GA-7N400 pro 2 motherboard
XP 3200 CPU
2 x 512MB PC3200 DDR400 Memory
1 x 160GB SATA HD
FX 5200 128MB AGP Graphics card
DVD-RW

*** Looks like a realy nice box, You will be pleased.**
I would be very grateful for any help assistance
TIA

Julie

Have fun,
Jim



Many many thanks for your time and advice.
Just one little query in question 2................I already have the
ddr ram in slots 1 and 3 are you saying leave them there or move them?
Thanks again

Julie




Leave 'em there. By having them in the same colored slots, the board
will run the RAM in Dual Channel mode. A rough explanation is it would
be similar to a RAID-0 setup for your RAM. You can check out a lot of
the tech sites, they've done some testing on boards (not this on e in
particular) and seen that using dual channel ram vs single channel, does
give a performance boost *as far as ram read/writes goes.* You will
still get a boost in apps, but don't expect miracles.

Nice setup BTW, and did you have any problems fitting on the CPU fan?
I've got a Vantec Aeroflow on this board, and had to take a Dremel tool
to one corner to fit it around a capacitor....


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