A7N8X

[jwk_56_316]

Wondering i have the original a7n8x that says maximum bus speed is 333(166) and i go to the website and it says it can go up to 400(200). Plz help me out here; even in my book it says maximum memory and bus speed is 333. I have no clue because if i would have known it can go up to 400 i would have bought the athlon xp 3200 and better ram.

I am clueless

Also on the system automatic shut off i think its gone beyond the severity it should be. My cpu is like 29*c regular but when i get into games it shuts off sometimes i dunno.

Open for suggestions!!!

 

[Crashman]

I believe you needed board revision 1.4 of the original A7N8X to reach the higher speeds.

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[jwk_56_316]

my motherboard is version a7n8x2.0 or whatever so i dont know why it wouldnt go 400mhz fsb

 

[Crashman]

Version 2.0 shouldn't have any problems with 400MHz bus (200MHz clock).

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[Cybercraig]

Go into BIOS and tell us what options you have. Can you raise the FSB manually? Can you up the Vdimm to 2.7 or so?
Fish around and see what's there.

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[jwk_56_316]

yes i can move all that stuff just gotta change all those settings to user defined so i am guessing its a 400mhz fsb motherboard but it dont say on the box it jsut says 333fsb and ultra 400 blah blah about the ram stuff

 

[Cybercraig]

So what's the problem? A lot of DDR-333 can hit DDR-400 speeds. Raise the FSB and hold on to your tallywacker!

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[jwk_56_316]

ok ok thats the problem i bought pc2700 ram(dumbass me) I have 2 sticks of crucial pc2700 512 each and 1 stick of corsair pc2700 512 and got ram coolers for all of them they run at 333 can i boost them up to 400?

 

[Coyote]

You might. Prolly will need to increase vdimm (voltage to ram) and use relaxed timings.

I'd prolly try 'em one at a time to see what each could do individually.

Somebody could give you a better estimate of ur chances if u said what kind of ram. For example, is the corsair xms or value select etc.

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