<p dir="ltr">Isn't that's why they created big memory chips on first place. Because of hungry Windows :)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 25, 2016 5:49 PM, "Lightner, Jeff" <<a href="mailto:JLightner@dsservices.com">JLightner@dsservices.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I don't know about bad memory ruining Windows but I think installing Windows is a way to waste perfectly good memory :p<br>
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On February 25, 2016 5:34:42 PM EST, Greg Clifton <<a href="mailto:gccfof5@gmail.com">gccfof5@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>Part 2 YES! and so can bad power. NEVER use a crappy, cheap, light in<br>
>weight, power supply no matter what the sticker says it is rated at. I<br>
>once knew of a vendor of computer parts in Norcross who had power<br>
>supplies without stickers and put what ever sticker on the power supply<br>
>that the customer wanted (back in those days something like 150, 200 or<br>
>250<br>
>Watt) on<br>
>the same supplies. I expect the quality of even crappy power supplies<br>
>is better now than then (nearly 30 years ago), but when it comes to<br>
>power supplies, you pretty much get what you pay for and heavier power<br>
>supplies have more capacity to maintain the rated output, esp in noisy<br>
>AC supply environments.<br>
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>On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Boris Borisov <<a href="mailto:bugyatl@gmail.com">bugyatl@gmail.com</a>><br>
>wrote:<br>
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>> Ok I did put them in two slots 0 and 1 which were in blue color. But<br>
>> memtest still shows single channel mode. Maybe is bios option or<br>
>something<br>
>> else I didn't had time to play. PC is part from equipment buried<br>
>behind<br>
>> wires so no time to do it twice.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks for all opinions.<br>
>><br>
>> Part 2 question:<br>
>><br>
>> Can bad memory ruin Windows install?<br>
>> On Feb 25, 2016 3:38 PM, "Greg Clifton" <<a href="mailto:gccfof5@gmail.com">gccfof5@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Yes, start with the lowest numbered slots as mentioned above 0 or 1<br>
>as<br>
>>> the case may be, but the like colored slots should be labeled 0A and<br>
>0B or<br>
>>> 1A and 1B and 2A and 2B, and so forth. Most motherboards can work<br>
>with a<br>
>>> single memory module installed and in a single CPU motherboard, it<br>
>probably<br>
>>> won't matter which color slots you use, but in order to benefit from<br>
>the<br>
>>> dual channel nature (and thus best memory performance) of the<br>
>motherboard,<br>
>>> put the modules in like colored slots.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 3:06 PM, DJ-Pfulio <<a href="mailto:djpfulio@jdpfu.com">djpfulio@jdpfu.com</a>><br>
>wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> On 02/25/2016 12:36 PM, Boris Borisov wrote:<br>
>>>> > I have 2 sticks by 2gb. My mobo has 4 slots 2 dark and 2 light<br>
>>>> colored. Where<br>
>>>> > should I insert sticks to get dual channel working.<br>
>>>> ><br>
>>>> > No Google time. Don't shoot me :)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Every motherboard is different, so if you don't look it up, you'll<br>
>never<br>
>>>> know.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> RTFM for the motherboard.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Put them in the same colored slots starting with slot 0. That<br>
>should be<br>
>>>> safe to<br>
>>>> get the most performance.<br>
>>>><br>
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