asrock939dual questions?

ronnn

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First of all how do I monitor the cpu heat? Motherboard monitor doesn't seem to recognize this mb, could only find quite old version.

Second guide says when using 4 mem sticks, must all be same. So if I tried mix and match, can I harm anything?

Besides not being able to save the exisiting xp installation, I am quite happy with how it works. Bios update dead easy, but I miss the asus utility for monitoring fan speed and temp. Also any bios guides to help me find optimal settings? Thanks
 

ronnn

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I found speed fan and it seems to be able to monitor temperatures accurately. As I am quite sure adding different memories should do no harm will try that also.
 

Conroe

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I found MBM5 works if you set it up for a Asus K8V.

You can mix up different DIMMS but it may not work in dual channel and it could be unstable Two of the same DIMMS is the best way to go.
 

ronnn

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Originally posted by: Conroe
I found MBM5 works if you set it up for a Asus K8V.

You can mix up different DIMMS but it may not work in dual channel and it could be unstable Two of the same DIMMS is the best way to go.


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You can definately mix and match, but I don't recommend it nor does anyone actually. Chances are, it may work in dual channel and may be stable, though only at lower speeds. I have to run two sticks of DDR400 at DDR33 because one is CAS3 and the other is CAS2.5. Otherwise, they are from the same maker, same product line; still, it won't POST at DDR400. If you get it to work, don't forget Memtest86+ or you may start corrupting your HDD data:(.
 

ronnn

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Well sort of weird, I have samsung pc3200 2 x 512mb oem and kingston hyper x pc3200 2 x 256mb and all seems well so far. Running at cas 2.5 at 200fsb in dual. Did memtest for a couple of hours and prime95 for an hour (got bored). I do want better ram to eventually make a modest oc, but this is enough to play fear anyways. These ran well together on a p4p800, so guess I was lucky.

So does cool and quiet do anything? Everest reports cpu fan speed as 3013 always? The cpu temps seem low, around 30C or less at idle and around 38c on load.