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 Topic: Help Understanding Dual Channel MemoryPosted: 14 Jun 2024 at 8:29am |
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Got the "new" CPU, and all is well--I'm back in the dual-channel memory game with my full 32 GB up and running!
Moral of the story is be sure to take a long hard look at those tiny little CPU pins! |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2024 at 1:19am |
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Ah, sorry to hear it. The CPU should still be useable even with a single memory
channel until you can get a replacement anyway. Good luck 
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Posted: 07 Jun 2024 at 12:19am |
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Thank you for the suggestion, however I have Parkinson's making my replacing a CPU pin unlikely to succeed...
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Posted: 06 Jun 2024 at 10:50pm |
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You can check youtube for pin repair tutorials/videos if you like, a fun little
side project given the CPU is basically useless anyway. |
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Posted: 06 Jun 2024 at 10:01pm |
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Well, I got the "new-to-me" CPU from eBay--DOA, missing two pins; good vendor though, sent it back for refund...
Got another on order, again coming in on Tuesday--I will be sure to report back with an update... |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2024 at 9:33am |
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I found an AMD3 pin-out, on that socket it's a "Memory Channel B" clock signal--so that makes sense...
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Posted: 02 Jun 2024 at 9:26am |
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I have tried to find a "pin-out" diagram for the AMD3+ socket, with no luck--I did find there are 938 pins, so it was pretty close to a "1 in a 1000" chance I'd get the dual-channel pin...
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Posted: 02 Jun 2024 at 7:38am |
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That would do it for sure. Sometimes you can get away with a missing pin, not all
are used for anything critical but more often than not, it causes issues. |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2024 at 7:26am |
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Thank you for your reply! After trying every possible combination of modules (including "one-at-a-time", I'm pretty sure I have found the problem, am going to wait 'til I'm 100% sure to followup.
After the great memory swap I pulled the CPU and found it was missing a pin on the outer row 45° "opposite" the "triangle"--looking at my old mobo I found the pin stuck in the socket where it had been living happily for 12 years prior to my disturbing it. Odd that the CPU almost fell out when I removed it and that it would be a pin that did not disable the CPU entirely--it works fine other than no dual-channel memory mode. Got a "new-to-me" CPU from a trusted vendor on eBay coming in on Tuesday, hopefully that will solve the mystery. I will come back here and mark the post as Solved if I'm good. Again thank you for your reply! -cliff- |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2024 at 7:04am |
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Try each stick on it's own, typically that issue happens when you have a bad module.
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