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Odds of a new stick of ram running dual channel with an identical 18 month old stick?
Beware! Silly question below!
I am looking to go dual channel on a new upgrade(A64 3700 939, MoBo, Ram & Video ) to an existing system(XP1800, KM266 MoBo ), and have on hand a 512MB stick of Patriot PC3200 in the old PC that is about a year and a half old, and was wondering what the odds of that stick running successfully with a new stick of the same size, brand, and model number(luckily Patriot still has the same model in stock) of memory?
Basically what I am asking is, should running in single channel for so long hurt a stick of ram's ability to work in dual channel mode?
Any input would be greatly appreciated!
Beware! Silly question below!
I am looking to go dual channel on a new upgrade(A64 3700 939, MoBo, Ram & Video ) to an existing system(XP1800, KM266 MoBo ), and have on hand a 512MB stick of Patriot PC3200 in the old PC that is about a year and a half old, and was wondering what the odds of that stick running successfully with a new stick of the same size, brand, and model number(luckily Patriot still has the same model in stock) of memory?
Basically what I am asking is, should running in single channel for so long hurt a stick of ram's ability to work in dual channel mode?
Any input would be greatly appreciated!