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When using Dual channel memory on a motherboard with 2 slots does
slot 1 become 1 & 3 while slot 2 becomes 2 & 4?
My friend in 2011 bought a new desktop by my recommendation and her card.
Acer Aspire AX3950-UR30P - i3 CPU - 4GB PC3 10700 RAM - Windows 7 64-bit
She called me about a link for her to order memory.
I went to my folder of purchased products webpages to look up specs, it said 4 slots total with 2 slots available
Went to Crucial to see if they might recommend 800MHz instead of 667MHz?
Both said it has 4 slots.
I downloaded & ran CPU-Z on her computer thru Logmein it said, slots 1 & 3 each have 2GB while 2 & 4 are empty
She ordered 4GB (2x2GB)
It arrived, she brought her computer over and guess what
Only 2 slots & 1 is empty.
Is this wrong or is my definition of dual channel memory wrong?
slot 1 become 1 & 3 while slot 2 becomes 2 & 4?
My friend in 2011 bought a new desktop by my recommendation and her card.
Acer Aspire AX3950-UR30P - i3 CPU - 4GB PC3 10700 RAM - Windows 7 64-bit
She called me about a link for her to order memory.
I went to my folder of purchased products webpages to look up specs, it said 4 slots total with 2 slots available
Went to Crucial to see if they might recommend 800MHz instead of 667MHz?
Both said it has 4 slots.
I downloaded & ran CPU-Z on her computer thru Logmein it said, slots 1 & 3 each have 2GB while 2 & 4 are empty
She ordered 4GB (2x2GB)
It arrived, she brought her computer over and guess what
Only 2 slots & 1 is empty.
Is this wrong or is my definition of dual channel memory wrong?
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- i7-3770K
- Motherboard
- ASRock Z77 Extreme4
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17" 24"
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB WD
- PSU
- 550w