Question about installed memory on x58 mobo.

[Answerzz]

Okay, for instant if I'm installing 3 stick memory ram on my mobo, I will have to install one stick on the furthest slot from the CPU socket and boot my computer to install Windows Vista 64bit w/ SP1. Then, install the other two sticks on the same colour(skipping the alternate colour slots in middle) memory slots and boot my computer again. Now, I will have all 3 sticks running and my 64bit OS recognizing all 6GB of ram, right?

Later on, I can just add in 3 more sticks on the remaining different colour slots and have all 6 sticks running at maximum 12GB ram.

[cadaveca]

Depends on what version of Vista...

Personally, I've always installed with 4gb of ram, never had an issue. I'm faily confident that you SP1 disk should allow you to install with 6gb...not sure if 12GB is supported though.

So, the reason I install with all the ram, is because of Vista's memory management...installing with less ram will affect that management. Whether this is an issue with mroe than 4gb, I am not sure, as I have not tried with more than 4gb, as of yet.

[Jake_HT]

I installed windows with all 3 sticks (6GB) no problem at all...
In slots left to right:

2,4,6

But for my motherboard, it says for 1 stick that I'm supposed to use slot 2.
Check the manual!

But yeah, I installed windows with all 3 DIMMs no problem at all...

[NightRain]

When I got my x58 based system on January 11 I installed my 6GB OCZ XMP kit (3x2gb) in my Asus P6T Deluxe board and installed Vista 64-bit Ultimate edition with zero issue. I also recently setup a PC with the same board except it was using 12GB of OCZ Gold and it installed Vista 64bit Home Premium no problem. So you should be fine installing with all the RAM you have.

[Answerzz]

But, the first 3 Rams have to be on the same colour slot right, starting from the furthest slot from the CPU socket?

[SugarJ]

Which mobo? I know the EVGA is green slots first, starting closest to the CPU.

[cadaveca]

Originally Posted by Answerzz

But, the first 3 Rams have to be on the same colour slot right, starting from the furthest slot from the CPU socket?

Correct. This is different from past platforms that would require the slot closest to the cpu filled first, when running dualchannel.

even 775...it's the third slot away from cpu that Intel recommends to use for a single stick...not the one closest to the cpu.

[Jake_HT]

If you have the p6t deluxe put ram in the orange slots... but yeah, if you're using 3 sticks, put them all in the same color of slots...

And no, not necessarily starting furthest away from CPU, for my board it was this (see pic) - Refer to manual.. it'll tell you.

[Jackquelegs]

Yep, refer to the mobo manual. It should tell you the primary DIMM and the secondary DIMM channels.