In researching, I have found that double sided RAM is generally associated with low density, while single sided is associated with high density RAM. My ASUS K8N is currently running (1) 512 double sided stick, and (2) 256 single sided sticks, and the PC is showing roughly 1 Gb at 333Hz.
Furthermore, my MB manual does not indicate the density required for this board, however there is a chart showing "memory configurations" for double sided and single sided chips. I have double, single, single, and it is running 333 just as the manual states. The "DDR Qualified Vendors List" shows about a 50/50 mix of SS and DS chips, with 100% of 512MB being DS.
Is it possible that an older DESKTOP MB was intended to run high density RAM? Does density only become an issue over 1Gb/stick?
This is with Linux Mint 17 Xfce
Furthermore, my MB manual does not indicate the density required for this board, however there is a chart showing "memory configurations" for double sided and single sided chips. I have double, single, single, and it is running 333 just as the manual states. The "DDR Qualified Vendors List" shows about a 50/50 mix of SS and DS chips, with 100% of 512MB being DS.
Is it possible that an older DESKTOP MB was intended to run high density RAM? Does density only become an issue over 1Gb/stick?
This is with Linux Mint 17 Xfce
Code:
aaron@aaron-K8N ~ $ vmstat -s 1025820 K total memory 939812 K used memory 380656 K active memory 440244 K inactive memory 86008 K free memory 26136 K buffer memory 386452 K swap cache 1046524 K total swap 13920 K used swap 1032604 K free swap 281682 non-nice user cpu ticks 21776 nice user cpu ticks 79591 system cpu ticks 988362 idle cpu ticks 33131 IO-wait cpu ticks 1 IRQ cpu ticks 4500 softirq cpu ticks 0 stolen cpu ticks 1046079 pages paged in 1412568 pages paged out 843 pages swapped in 3575 pages swapped out 4103556 interrupts 15915643 CPU context switches 1408052833 boot time 4183 forks
Code:
aaron@aaron-K8N ~ $ sudo dmidecode --type 17 [sudo] password for aaron: # dmidecode 2.12 SMBIOS 2.3 present. Handle 0x003C, DMI type 17, 27 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x003A Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: 72 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 512 MB Form Factor: DIMM Set: None Locator: DIMM0 Bank Locator: BANK0 Type: DDR Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: 333 MHz Manufacturer: Manufacturer0 Serial Number: SerNum0 Asset Tag: AssetTagNum0 Part Number: PartNum0 Handle 0x003E, DMI type 17, 27 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x003A Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: 72 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 256 MB Form Factor: DIMM Set: None Locator: DIMM1 Bank Locator: BANK1 Type: DDR Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: 333 MHz Manufacturer: Manufacturer1 Serial Number: SerNum1 Asset Tag: AssetTagNum1 Part Number: PartNum1 Handle 0x0040, DMI type 17, 27 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x003A Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: 72 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 256 MB Form Factor: DIMM Set: None Locator: DIMM2 Bank Locator: BANK2 Type: DDR Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: 333 MHz Manufacturer: Manufacturer2 Serial Number: SerNum2 Asset Tag: AssetTagNum2 Part Number: PartNum2
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