Re: dual channel ddr bus speed drops 400 -> 266 MHz
- From: Gordon Scott <gordsmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:16:44 GMT
Frank wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have an ASUS P4P800deluxe motherboard. One channel of memorybanks was
> filled with 2x256 MB Corsair twinx memory modules. The bus (FSB?) worked
> at 400 MHz as was shown by the BIOS messages. Recently I added another
> pair of Corsair twinx memory modules, 2x512 MB. Now the bios reports the
> bus speed is working at 266 MHz. The new dimms are ddr pc3200 (400MHz)
> modules, so why is the bus speed dropping to 266 MHz??
>
> I have a feeling that my computer is now slower then before. Is it
> expected that one notices a decreased performance by a bus speed
> decrease from 400HMz to 266MHz??
>
> Regards,
> Frank
read your manual closely, installing more than 2 dimms quite often lowers
the the buss speed. You also want to refer to the manual as to single and
double sided dimms in the specific slots.
.
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