Abit NF7-S V2 Ram question

Vegeta · 14 Jan 2006 at 13:06

Hi the board has 3 ram dimms, from which ram dimm do i start? i've only got one 512mb pc3200 ram at the moment - do i start at the one nearest to the cpu or the on nearest to where the hard drive and the like will be?

benjo · 14 Jan 2006 at 13:12

I beleive its Dimm Slot 1, which is normaly closest to the CPU

Vegeta · 14 Jan 2006 at 14:57

cheers mate

Bookime Wood · 14 Jan 2006 at 15:05

If running only 1 stick in the nf7s, you should stick it in dimm 3, IIRC the manual will tell you that also.

split · 14 Jan 2006 at 16:29

Closest to the CPU is DIMM1, and also channel 1.(manual clearly shows that)

DIMMs 2 and 3 are channel 2.

Use closest to CPU (DIMM1) and if you want more than one stick on ram, in theory it's better if you use 512 (dimm1) and 2 X 256s in Dimms 2 and 3 to have all the memory in 128 bit (not that you'll see much difference).

EDIT: See below.

Bookime Wood · 14 Jan 2006 at 17:58

"NOTE: We suggest you install DDR SDRAM modules from DIMM3 to DIMM1 sockets in order"

From the manual

split · 16 Jan 2006 at 12:56

Bookime Wood said:
"NOTE: We suggest you install DDR SDRAM modules from DIMM3 to DIMM1 sockets in order"

From the manual

Your right.
I've never seen that before.
This is quote from a review..

That is, specifically for NF7-S we fit a module into the DIMM 3, another one into either DIMM 1 or DIMM 2

Means my above post is backwards

(or how ASUS do it)

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