If you have the AA8XE, could you please answer a question or two?

ghost_recon88

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• Jun 17, 2005

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Okay, with this motherboard, does it allow you in the BIOS to set your RAM frequency at 3:4 so if I had a 300MHz FSB, it would run the RAM at 400MHz? What kind of RAM settings does it have? I downloaded the manual but it didn't really say anything.

 

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Here is a sticky post that I made for the AA8XE.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=360202

First, not all AA8XE mobos will do 300 FSB stable. Most do seem to hit 290 FSB though. Yes, as long as the RAM can handle it, the 3:4 memory ratio does work. There is a 2:3 memory ratio option too, but nobody that I know of has gotten that to work. Of course, the 1:1 ratio works great too.

Ram settings? Do you mean what timings? The tightest timings I've ever achieved was 3-2-2-6 with my OCZ EB rev2 PC2-4200 DDR2. With DDR2, if you can run 3-3-3-8, that's usually pretty good. The lowest CAS will go is 3. I think the most relaxed you can go is something like 5-5-5-12.

 

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okay, so this exact model does have that option of the 3:4 RAM ratio?

 

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oh yeah, and does it support the 600 series CPUs?

 

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I have that same exact AA8XE and so does several others here. Yes, it does work with the 3:4 ratio. Yes, the AA8XE does support the 6XX series processors. You might need to update the BIOS though.

 

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It does, as long as you update the bios to 2.2
Check: http://www.abit.nl goto Downloads and Bios, after that AA8XE to read the revisions. I think its duable earlier than 2.2

 

batboy

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If you use the Abit FlashMenu program, updating the BIOS is simple. Make sure you are at default speed and stable first.

 

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ghost_recon88

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okay, thanks tons!

 

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hey batboy, i got the 2:3 option to work. its in my sig.

 

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Well, you are the first I've heard that got 2:3 to work.

 

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always nice to be a first im so dissapointed tho, now i want a 5Ghz like Hawk...


maybe when i do the whole 90$ phase change setup thing for 250$ plus hoses (tygon) , clamps , condensation prevention. im thinkin im going to be spending just short of 350$


i dunno


i think i may just wait till the next appropriate time for an upgrade to do all this...

i mean really.. how far past bleeding edge do i really have to be....

i really should just ebay this thing and buy three 3ghz computers with a gig of ram each and an X600XT 256 ...

then id have 9Ghz.... ::gets an evil look in his eye::

 

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