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I thought this was interesting and thought I would share it with all those who have not seen it.


Asus A7N8X

We have completed testing on the Asus A7N8X motherboard based on the Nvidia Nforce2 chipset. OCZ PC2700 EL Dual Channel DDR through OCZ PC3500 EL Dual Channel DDR have been tested 100% stable and reliable using 2x256 and 2x512.

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The Asus A7N8X revision 1.04 exhibits stability issues when using an FSB above 180. This is due to the lack of Voltage ( Vdd ) applied to the northbridge chipset. Another frequent anomoly which occurs is in use with 166FSB processors ( such as the AthlonXP 2600+ ) which limits its ability to achieve higher FSB when the mutliplier is dropped. Memory timings must be entered manually in the BIOS

Recommended settings for OCZ PC2700 EL Dual Channel DDR is in synchronous mode with the FSB at 166, and timings set to 2-2-5-2 with 2.6V. Recommended settings for the OCZ PC3200 EL Dual Channel DDR is with the FSB set to 166 and the memory asynchronous at 200MHz with the timings of 2-2-3-6 Recommended settings for the OCZ PC3500 EL Dual Channel DDR is with the FSB set to 166 and the memory asynchronous at 217Mhz ( 217x2 = 434Mhz ) with the timings of 2-3-7-3.

Achieving beyond 180FSB with an AMD Thoroughbred Revision A CPU is problematic and this issue has not yet been addressed by either AMD nor motherboard manufacturers

Recommended OCZ Memory Modules
OCZ PC2700 EL Dual Channel DDR
OCZ PC3200 EL Dual Channel DDR
OCZ PC3500 EL Dual Channel DDR

Manufacturer: Asus
Chipset: Nvidia Nforce2
Product: Asus A7N8X


Maybe this should go in the memory forum.

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