K7n420 which memory slots?...

Hi,
I am a bit confused.
Till now i knew that after bios v2.2 and above the best combination for Dual DDR operation in the k7n420 (nforce) was 2 sticks of memory put in slots 1&2.
Recently, i have learned from lowrider that he is getting the best results with slots 1&3 occupied!!! ?( ...
Richard, what is going on here?
What is the official word of MSI about this matter?
I am running bios version 2.7 and am utilizing 2X512MB PC3200 memory sticks.
Thank You,
Manolis aka Markoul

Manolis,
With BIOS 2.7 it does not matter which Dimm Slots you use as long as you only use 2 sticks and they are matched. You will get Twinbank.
Several people have been testing their Memory Bandwidth and have found one combination to be a little better than the other 2 combinations. I would run Sandra on your board and see which combination gives you the best results with your RAM.
I would like to see your results too.
Richard

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I am outside warranty and I never bought Applecare either.
Also my powerbook, a very dear machine to me, is a less common type to have this problem: a 1 GHz G4 15" FireWire 800 OS 10.3.9 type. Funny enough my older powerbook ( a G3 Bronze) is still running strong with no problems whatsoever.
My G4 15" also has the "white spots" problem and a dead superdrive... I cannot believe how many hardware problems I'm having with this machine in comparison to all my older macs - even my sluggish powerMac 7200/90 never gave me this many headaches...
Alright, I'll stop complaining for now.
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