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Freebase Dali · 05-19-2010, 06:07 PM

Yea, those waveforms look right, but are those copies of a mono clip or just the left/right channels of a stereo clip?

Yea, if you're using XP 32bit you can only address 4gb of RAM, and even the OS doesn't recognize that much by default. I use XP 32bit as well and have 4gb of RAM and XP only sees 3.25 of it. If you have room, you can add one gig stick of single-channel 400mhz RAM to your existing 2gigs of what I'm assuming are dual channel. (ddr2) Don't buy anything over 400mhz, as your current RAM is 400mhz and anything higher on the third stick will have to throttle down to your slowest speed RAM (400mhz).

Also, you'll want to make sure that your current RAM, if dual channel, is plugged into the right slots. The dual channel slots on the mobo will be 2 greens I think, or a different color than black or white. That's where you plug your DDR2 RAM. If you don't, they won't operate in dual channel mode. Also, you can only have a pair of dual channel, so your third stick should be single channel (ddr1). If your mobo supports triple channeling (DDR3), you can get three 1-gig sticks DDR3 and plug them into their respective slots and really raise your performance, but that's only if your mobo supports it. You can find out just by looking at the RAM slots. If there are three colored slots and one black or white slot, it supports DDR3.

05-19-2010, 06:07 PM	#11 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	Yea, those waveforms look right, but are those copies of a mono clip or just the left/right channels of a stereo clip? Yea, if you're using XP 32bit you can only address 4gb of RAM, and even the OS doesn't recognize that much by default. I use XP 32bit as well and have 4gb of RAM and XP only sees 3.25 of it. If you have room, you can add one gig stick of single-channel 400mhz RAM to your existing 2gigs of what I'm assuming are dual channel. (ddr2) Don't buy anything over 400mhz, as your current RAM is 400mhz and anything higher on the third stick will have to throttle down to your slowest speed RAM (400mhz). Also, you'll want to make sure that your current RAM, if dual channel, is plugged into the right slots. The dual channel slots on the mobo will be 2 greens I think, or a different color than black or white. That's where you plug your DDR2 RAM. If you don't, they won't operate in dual channel mode. Also, you can only have a pair of dual channel, so your third stick should be single channel (ddr1). If your mobo supports triple channeling (DDR3), you can get three 1-gig sticks DDR3 and plug them into their respective slots and really raise your performance, but that's only if your mobo supports it. You can find out just by looking at the RAM slots. If there are three colored slots and one black or white slot, it supports DDR3.