K8NNXP and RAM

[vk]

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Hello all,

I have tried installing more than 512 megs of ram on my motherboard and
gotten errors. Anyone else have these problems or a possible solution?

Thanks, Vic

Geil, pc400 ddr 512megs, two sticks
K8NNXP with an AMD 3400+ processor

 

[Guest]

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vk wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have tried installing more than 512 megs of ram on my motherboard and
> gotten errors. Anyone else have these problems or a possible solution?
>
> Thanks, Vic
>
> Geil, pc400 ddr 512megs, two sticks
> K8NNXP with an AMD 3400+ processor
>
>
Is the initial 512megs already in two sticks and you're attempting to
add a third? If that's the case then they have to be run at 333MHz
rather than 400MHz due to an oddity of the Athlon 64's memory controller.

 

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Barry,

Thanks, they are each 512 megs. How do I get the bios to view them as
333's or would it just be more advantages to stick to 512 at 400?

Thanks again
"Barry Walsh" <bwalsh@SPAMMERSAREVERMINindigo.ie> wrote in message
news:40cef5da$0$20507$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...
> vk wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have tried installing more than 512 megs of ram on my motherboard and
> > gotten errors. Anyone else have these problems or a possible solution?
> >
> > Thanks, Vic
> >
> > Geil, pc400 ddr 512megs, two sticks
> > K8NNXP with an AMD 3400+ processor
> >
> >
> Is the initial 512megs already in two sticks and you're attempting to
> add a third? If that's the case then they have to be run at 333MHz
> rather than 400MHz due to an oddity of the Athlon 64's memory controller.

 

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vicocala wrote:

> Barry,
>
> Thanks, they are each 512 megs. How do I get the bios to view them as
> 333's or would it just be more advantages to stick to 512 at 400?
>
> Thanks again
>

You'll have to turn the memory bus speed down in the BIOS. Personally
I'd rather have the memory at 400MHz than have more.