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Originally Posted by minibubba
dual means two, and dual channel means 2 channels
dual channel can only opperate with 2 sticks of ram in 2 specific slots, each one with it's own channel. if you have 3-4 slots on your mobo and have ram in all of them, then you are running a lot of memory in single channel mode. Even if you are only using 2 sticks, but have them in the wrong slots, you are still running in single channel.
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Dual channel means 2 channel and that doesn't mean you can only put 2 sticks, why didn't they make 2 slots only rather than 3 then?? and why is there 2 slots for single channel?
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