Re: "rock solid" motherboard
Len Sorensen wrote:
>On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 09:55:18PM -0600, doubletwist wrote:
>>
>> With that said, this system is rock solid at DDR333 with everything I've
>> thrown at it, with the minor exception that the amd64 port of FreeBSD
>> has some problems with the NIC. It works, but there are issues.
>
>Hmm, the boards I have looked at from Asus always had this setup:
>
>Socekt 939:
>4 slots populated in pairs for dual channel, with DDR400 in all slots.
>
>Socket 754:
>3 slots populated one at a time, DDR400 up to two slots, DDR333 for
>three slots.
>
>Maybe other boards are different, or you are using a lower quality ram
>than the board expects. Or maybe I have misunderstood the specs I have
>read.
I should say that I deliberately specced the best RAM I could find for
my S939 Asus motherboard, Corsair TwinX, for a pair of 512MB
DIMMs. It's paid off - no issues at all, and exceptional performance.
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