Need advice finding an AMD socket A mobo with 4 RAM slots

[Slogun]

I want to build a comp using some spare parts I have on hand.
Need some help finding a mobo that has 4 RAM slots in which I can use the 4 PC2100 DDR RAM sticks I have for a total of 1 GB of RAM.
I will be adding an old 1.4 GHz Thunderbird CPU, so the mobo need only run at 266MHz FSB.

Any help or advice will be appreciated.

 

[mechBgon]

Check out Abit's KT400A and KT333 boards here, see if you see something you like

 

[Slogun]

Hmm, thx, looks like the KD7-E may fit the bill.
I will look at bit closer when I get a chance.

Anybody else have any specific suggestions?

 

[Slogun]

So far the mobos I have seen that have 4 RAM slots only support registered RAM when using all 4 slots.

That sounds like it could be a problem for me. I don't think any of my PC2100 RAM is registered.

 

[Lonyo]

From the manual of my ABit KR7A (non-RAID), KT266A chipset:

Supports 4 DIMM's of unbuffered DDR SDRAM for a maximum of 3GB (64, 128, 256, 512 and 1024MB DDR SDRAM modules)
Supports 4 DIMM's of registered DDR SDRAM for a maximum of 4GB (64, 128, 256, 512 and 1024MB DDR SDRAM modules)

ie: If you used 4x1GB unbuffered you'd only get 3GB working.

[...]and the maximum memory is 3GB (Unbuffered) or 4GB (Registered) DDR SDRAM.

ie: A KT266A motherboard will work with 4 RAM modules as long as they only total 3GB RAM (so with 1GB you are fine).

Also, a KT266A board should be cheap, and will work with a T-Bird and PC2100 RAM.

My ABit KR7A is a board with 4 slots for RAM if you want to look out for one.

Hope that helps you.

(I don't know if KT333/400 chipsets will be the same)

 

[MercenaryForHire]

My old Shuttle AK31 rev3.1 ran four DIMMs of 256 quite excellently.

- M4H

 

[FishTankX]

yeah, what he said. I was origonally going to suggest the K7G but it looks like it's hard to find now.

If you see one in the FS/T forums, snag It. Cheap, stable and high quality.