I know. I was one of those rascals that convinced you to place your memory like this. (but is IS really the right way to install them though! )

Yup, and you were right. It's in the manual for the motherboard, and the RAM slots are even color-coded to help remind me.

Wow, reading the manual... what a concept.

My 3Dmark2003 score improved a bit after changing the RAM around. I wonder if that was the reason, or if it was a fluke?