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4 DDR DIMMs in search of a motherboard...

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wildcaterpillar

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So... I am looking for a motherboard (SMP preferable - but can be also non-smp) that will accept 4 (all four) DDR DIMMS that i have (standard un-registered/unbuffered/non-ECC 256 MB Crucial dimms). It's like building the house from the roof to the foundation - but I already have the memory (4 x 256 MB identical DDR 2100 Crucials), the SCSI controller Adaptec 21960 (64-bit 66 MHz PCI), the RAID IDE controller (Promise TX2000 - 66 MHz PCI) and the video card (Wildcat 5000 - works on 2x/4x AGP 1.5V).

The dimms are double-faced.

I know that he current MP(X) boards are pretty unstable or do not boot at all with all 4 dimm slots populated w nonregistered ram. The E7500 intel solution w dual xeon has no AGP contoller but it has 64-bit/66-hmz bus. the Via 333 - all are either w 3 banks or w 4 banks but suggest on non-populating all 4 banks w non-registered dimms.

So - SMP or not - does anyone have an experience such a motherboard? The emphasis would be on stability/64-bit-66MHz bus and this kind of memory.

Thank you - any suggestions are welcome.

Cat
 
I doubt that u will get absolute stability with that many high desity DIMM's. Maybe Abit KR7A, but no guarantee's.
 
According to Abit's website, you can use 3 unbuffered, 4 buffered.

There are many reports on amdmb.com of people even having problems using 4 buffered sticks.


 
I remember Anands review saying it was stable with 4 unbuffered RAM sticks. It might depend on type of RAM used.
 
I have a KR7A133 running 4 such DDR sticks as yours, works fine, tho I have to run my FSB at 136mhz for complete stability. check here as 2 why...maybe a future BIOS update will clear this up. Since I have W98, I had 2 set: "MaxFileCache=524288" under [VCACHE] in my System.ini file. Otherwise I'm happy with this setup.
 
Get the Abit KR7A it will work most of the time, but it depends on your RAM really.

Do not get the shuttle board, it will not work with 4 DIMMs, last I've heard, one person thought he might have got 4 to work, but wasn't sure it was stable. Everyone else gets completely unstable results. Shuttle was stupid for releasing that board, why I don't recommend them.
 
>go to muskin.com and read what they say about various boards and RAM configurations

Could you post a link? I went there & could not find any of the above info...

 
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