8k3a+ not working with Pc2700 ram??

The Spyder

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• Jul 2, 2002

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Hey- ive had this board for a long time- got it the day it came out-but then i hace pc2100 samsung- i now upgraded to pc2700 and it will not boot at anything other then normal ram timmings- what voltage/ timming works? Im lost here...... and i just blew a $400 MSI gf4 4600......... :-(

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OnDborder

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• Jul 3, 2002

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Did you try it with the old ram back in?
Could be a bad stick.

I run mine at "fastest" settings..

 

packratbob

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• Jul 3, 2002

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some ram wont handle the faster ram setting.

 

OnDborder

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• Jul 3, 2002

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"fastest" settings @2.7 and 1.825 vcore.

Is it Samsung 2700?

 

Wedo

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• Jul 3, 2002

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I have three of these boards and they are a bit fickle with their RAM. The best results I've found, thanks to a suggestion here in the forums, was to put the RAM in DIMM number 2.

The board wouldn't boot when the mem was in slot one, turned the machine off, moved it over one slot, and it booted up fine.

Now if I could only solve the temp problems...

Wedo

 

eXtraktor

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• Jul 4, 2002

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OnDborder said:

"fastest" settings @2.7 and 1.825 vcore.

Is it Samsung 2700?

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Indeed, what kind of ram is it? If you have generic PC2700, it might not be able to boot at those timings.

 

smudged

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• Jul 5, 2002

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Indeed, what kind of ram is it? If you have generic PC2700, it might not be able to boot at those timings

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I don't know how true that is any more, from what i have read here

 

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• Jul 7, 2002

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Its samsung Pc2700 from a local retailer- im going to take it and switch it for some crucial monday :-\ it sucks....
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bongo

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• Jul 7, 2002

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You have to burn in your samsung pc2700 stick. These modules don't like to be ran at high voltages. Let it run for a day or two at default vdimms and then gradually increase the value. I think you can get about 220 fsb with these sticks........and the vdimms set a 3.0