Question about the nForce 415 and filling all 3 memory slots.

[geezman]

Does anyone know if the problem with underclocking the memory bus when all three memory slots are filled has been rectified? I know that MSI released a new bios a few months ago that supposedly fixed this problem. I'm looking at getting the Asus A7N266-C and I have three twin bank Crucial 2100 chips that I plan on using. Will using all three memory banks underclock the memory bus?

TIA

Geezman

 

[geezman]

Anyone?

 

[RanDum72]

I thought the problem was only with MSI nForce boards but I may be wrong. You could check the latest BIOS, its dated March 2002.

 

[geezman]

Third time the charm?

Any info on this matter would be greatly apprecited. I looked at the manual for the A7N266-C and it states:

"The total number of banks must not exceed five: ie.: two dual load modules and one single load manual. Note: Do not populate DIMM Socket 3 with any dual load modules."

So I assume that Asus still has the problem with all three slots filled with dual load memory.

If this is the case, I guess I go with the MSI, which is suppose to have fixed this issue.

Anyone else have ANY info on this matter???

TIA

Geezman

 

[Gstanfor]

So long as you do not exceed 5 physical banks of memory (in practical terms this translates to 2 double-sided and 1 single-sided dimm) you will be fine.

On the MSI boards running BIOS 2.2 and up, Superstability is controllable. Loading the high performance defaults turns it off and prevents it from kicking in, loading the BIOS defaults activates it. I don't think any other board maker has addressed the superstability issue.

Greg