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Old May 30, 2007, 09:05 PM
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is there anything on the market that can be placed in the ddr2 slot and make it be able to hold 2 ram sticks like ...

lets say u have 2 ddr2 slots can u get sumthing that turns 2 into 4?? cause my board supoorts up to 16gigs of ram but only 2 slots im lost
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Old May 30, 2007, 09:09 PM
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The chipset supports that amount of ram, but the board doesn't.

I'm not sure you can buy 2X8 Gig kits, and I absolutely know for sure that if you could, I wouldn't want to have to pay for it!!!!! :)
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Old May 30, 2007, 09:54 PM
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is there anything on the market that can be placed in the ddr2 slot and make it be able to hold 2 ram sticks like ...

lets say u have 2 ddr2 slots can u get sumthing that turns 2 into 4?? cause my board supoorts up to 16gigs of ram but only 2 slots im lost
What do you need that much ram for?

XP doesn't support 4gb's nor does Vista 32-bit. You need to look @ a 64-bit version on Vista before you can start getting any benefit out of 4gb's of ram.

If you only have 2 slots I would just buy a 2x1gb dual channel set and you should be pretty much good to go.

You also take a small performance hit when installing more than 2 sticks of ram, let alone compatibility issues trying to run 4 sticks together.
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Old May 30, 2007, 11:27 PM
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What do you need that much ram for?

XP doesn't support 4gb's [...]
Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 Memory Support. The maximum amount of memory that can be supported on Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 is also 4 GB.

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Old May 31, 2007, 04:16 AM
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Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 Memory Support. The maximum amount of memory that can be supported on Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 is also 4 GB.

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jsut wanted to say thanks didnt think about capadability i jsut want to go fast. i have 2 sticks of 533mhx ddr2 pc 4200 installed on the board jsut waiting for the processor case and psu and im set
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