I have 2 - 2s and 2 - 4s, does it matter which ram set/pair goes in any particular location ?
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Should be 2's at slots 1&2 and 4's@ 3&4 although depends on type of MB sometimes too. Check MB manual or look on YouTube.CheersRoy
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We have 2-4gig & 1-8gig (all corsair blue) running in a server with an Asus mb. Most newer mbs support mixed memory fine. Some perform a little better with memory in pairs, so just in case, I would check the mb docs & put the 4g pair in the lower slots. Another suggestion is to run benchmark or Windows experience with only the 4g pair, then only the 8g.
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That's the exact RAM I use. It runs perfectly fine. It was a little different since I had to run them next to each other instead of spacing them out like normal, but everything runs perfectly fine besides that one odd quirk.
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The more sticks in pair, the better it will function. You would want to get 4 sticks of 8gb if you have enough slots. What in the world are you running that needs 32gb of ram? I don't think I've ever used over 8 gb at one time.
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No. The manual says that a maximum of two DDR3 chips can be installed in the DDR3 slots (blue) or two DDR2 chips in the DDR2 slots (yellow).
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it depends on what ram you have but pretty sure it will just check before hand what ram your board will take to be sure
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Assuming that it's a dual channel board, the RAM slots should be color-coded or otherwise marked. If the latter install them in two slots of the same color. Otherwise, check your board's manual and see how the channels are configured so that you install them in different channels. Generally speaking, you would skip one slot, but it's best to consult the manual unless they're color coded.
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I don't know. You can go to www.crucial.com and check. They have an on-line tool that will check the insides of your computer, and determine the correct type of memory. Remember that most computers have a maximum amount of memory that can be supported, despite how many open slots you have.
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If you're asking if you can use the one 4gb that comes with it along with a single 8gb stick I would guess that you could possibly do that. However, its going to be a crap shoot as to whether they'll work together. Even matching manufacturer and speed doesn't guarantee it will work correctly all the time. I would suggest just getting a matched set. I went with a higher performance 1866mhz, which definitely wouldn't work with the stock, otherwise I'd give it a shot to see if its possible for you, but either way my recommendation would be to just spend the extra money to avoid issues.
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i would say depending on what generation Ram you have..on my 4th generation i had no problem...
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No. The question is not whether your system can use the SDRAM, the issue is your system will not support more than 2 GB as configured.
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I'm with Jeff S....you are going to want to put memory in pairs, so I would only recommend 12gb if you find 2x6GB chips. A 16GB kit (2x8GB chips) are pretty reasonably priced at this point, so that would by my recommendation.
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I maxed out the memory on my machine to 16GB. In your case, I think you will have to pair the RAM up. Two 4GB sticks on slots 1 and 3, and then two 2GB sticks on slots 2 and 4. (Or it may be the other way around.) I would just make sure that the speed of the RAM are identical. In other words, the originals are 1600MHz RAM, the additional ones should also be that too.
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Check with the manufacturer. Usually there is a compatible ram list for each system board.
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From About Mac info:4GB DDR2 SDRAMSpeed: 667 MHzMfr: 0x7F7F7F7F7F9B0000Part number is 0x0000... (All 0's)Serial:0xFFFFFFFFBut it doesn't matter about "matching" because you can only have 2GB in the second slot, so it will never match. Unless you have same size DIMMs, the computer won't divide the tasks per the "matched pair for slightly faster processing" concept.
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Hi Robert, "critter number one" gave you the most thorough answer you could probably get. When I bought mine I used Crucial's memory selector to select the Crucial RAM I bought... you can trust its site and the memory selector it employs on the site. That particular 4GB kit included 2- 2 gb 240 pin DDR2 DIMM ELC Unbuffered PC2 RAM to replace some Kingstons that were under-performing. Hope that helps. Dennis
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Memory becomes a fanboy issue, I've never had ram fail, and have used Corsair, Crucial, Patriot, Mushkin, Kingston ... currently I'm running 4 sticks of Patriot IEM Viper 3 @2133mhz