I have a slot A3+ motherboard (Gigabyte ATX GA990ZA-UD3-R5) with an AMD FX-8320E CPU and two 8Gb memory sticks (identical, bought together as a kit).
I followed the instructions on the manual and installed the memory so as to use dual-channel memory, but as far as I can see I'm not able to query the system about the memory (using Linux):
lshw
does not say anything:
$ sudo lshw -C memory
*-memory
description: System memory
physical id: 0
size: 15GiB
and dmidecode
says nothing about interleaving:
$ sudo dmidecode --type memory
# dmidecode 3.0
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.
Handle 0x0008, DMI type 5, 24 bytes
Memory Controller Information
Error Detecting Method: 64-bit ECC
Error Correcting Capabilities:
None
Supported Interleave: One-way Interleave
Current Interleave: One-way Interleave
Maximum Memory Module Size: 2048 MB
Maximum Total Memory Size: 8192 MB
Supported Speeds:
70 ns
60 ns
Supported Memory Types:
DIMM
SDRAM
Memory Module Voltage: 3.3 V
Associated Memory Slots: 4
0x0009
0x000A
0x000B
0x000C
Enabled Error Correcting Capabilities:
None
Handle 0x0009, DMI type 6, 12 bytes
Memory Module Information
Socket Designation: DIMM0
Bank Connections: 0 1
Current Speed: 60 ns
Type: DIMM SDRAM
Installed Size: 536870912 MB (Single-bank Connection)
Enabled Size: 536870912 MB (Single-bank Connection)
Error Status: OK
Handle 0x000A, DMI type 6, 12 bytes
Memory Module Information
Socket Designation: DIMM1
Bank Connections: 2 3
Current Speed: 60 ns
Type: DIMM SDRAM
Installed Size: 536870912 MB (Single-bank Connection)
Enabled Size: 536870912 MB (Single-bank Connection)
Error Status: OK
Handle 0x000B, DMI type 6, 12 bytes
Memory Module Information
Socket Designation: DIMM2
Bank Connections: 4 5
Current Speed: 60 ns
Type: DIMM SDRAM
Installed Size: 536870912 MB (Single-bank Connection)
Enabled Size: 536870912 MB (Single-bank Connection)
Error Status: OK
Handle 0x000C, DMI type 6, 12 bytes
Memory Module Information
Socket Designation: DIMM3
Bank Connections: 6 7
Current Speed: 60 ns
Type: DIMM SDRAM
Installed Size: 536870912 MB (Single-bank Connection)
Enabled Size: 536870912 MB (Single-bank Connection)
Error Status: OK
Handle 0x002C, DMI type 16, 23 bytes
Physical Memory Array
Location: System Board Or Motherboard
Use: System Memory
Error Correction Type: None
Maximum Capacity: 32 GB
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Number Of Devices: 4
Handle 0x002E, DMI type 17, 34 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x002C
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: Unknown
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: No Module Installed
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: None
Locator: Node0_Dimm0
Bank Locator: Node0_Bank0
Type: Unknown
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Manufacturer: Dimm0_Manufacturer
Serial Number: Dimm0_SerNum
Asset Tag: Dimm0_AssetTag
Part Number: Dimm0_PartNum
Rank: Unknown
Configured Clock Speed: Unknown
Handle 0x0030, DMI type 17, 34 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x002C
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 8192 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: None
Locator: Node0_Dimm1
Bank Locator: Node0_Bank0
Type: DDR3
Type Detail: Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered)
Speed: 933 MHz
Manufacturer: Kingston
Serial Number: 4D384FFC
Asset Tag: Dimm1_AssetTag
Part Number: KHX1866C10D3/
Rank: 2
Configured Clock Speed: 933 MHz
Handle 0x0032, DMI type 17, 34 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x002C
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: Unknown
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: No Module Installed
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: None
Locator: Node0_Dimm2
Bank Locator: Node0_Bank0
Type: Unknown
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Manufacturer: Dimm2_Manufacturer
Serial Number: Dimm2_SerNum
Asset Tag: Dimm2_AssetTag
Part Number: Dimm2_PartNum
Rank: Unknown
Configured Clock Speed: Unknown
Handle 0x0034, DMI type 17, 34 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x002C
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 8192 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: None
Locator: Node0_Dimm3
Bank Locator: Node0_Bank0
Type: DDR3
Type Detail: Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered)
Speed: 933 MHz
Manufacturer: Kingston
Serial Number: 6B39AD31
Asset Tag: Dimm3_AssetTag
Part Number: KHX1866C10D3/
Rank: 2
Configured Clock Speed: 933 MHz
(The memory sticks have 1866MHz speed, I'm not sure why it shows up as 933MHz in dmidecode
. BIOS reports it as 1866MHz.)
This motherboard does not show POST messages. It shows a splash screen, then offers to enter setup. After that, it prints nothing until the bootloader steps in. I've searched through all setup options, and I also can't see anything related to dual-channel being activated or not.
I'm not sure if this is relevant, but I have IOMMU enabled in BIOS, and I pass the option iommu=soft
to the Linux kernel on boot.
How can I be sure if I have dual-channel working, and also, why did lshw
and dmidecode
not inform about dual-channel?
Best Answer
Try this:
dmidecode -t 17 |grep Channel
For dual channel, you should see your channels A/B as: