Asus A7V333 is running DDR333 at 266!

[Guest]

I just got an A7V 333 motherboard. Everything works great except for the memory. My 2 512 mb of corsair pc2700 memory run at a bus speed of 2x133, not 2x166!

In the bios, there is an option: "CPU/memory bus frequency ratio". I have set this to 4/5. Since my CPU bus is 133, the memory bus should be (5/4)x133 = 166. But SiSoft Sandra reports my memory bus at 133, and its bandwith scores are in around 1950, which I think is pretty much in line with pc2100. Changing the bios setting I just mentioned to 'auto' or '1/1' has no effect on the benchmarks.

This is bull%$#$!!!!!! I spent $430 on this memory and I don't want it running underclocked.

Anyone else have a similar problem?? What should I do??

 

[AMD_Man]

Try running it at CL2 if it can handle it. If not, raise the DDR voltage a bit and get it to 166MHz CL (CAS) 2.

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[Guest]

It's running at CAS2 now, that's not the problem.
The problems with the bus speed.

Do you agree my benchmarks are low for pc2700?

 

[Guest]

Hi Fenn,

I think your problem is your memory, have a look at the first paragraph on the page link below, Tom's Hardware did a review of the differences between the KT333 & the KT266A chipset, and they also had problems with that particular brand of memory not running at full speed:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/02q1/020220/kt333-20.html

Hope this helps.

Haakona.

 

[labdog]

what is your cpu ?


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[Golden1]

i hate to say this, but it's probably the memory.. Mine did the sasme thing, till i got it replaced.... my local supplier said (quote) "We've had that a lot just recently.. must have been a bad batch..." (/quote)

Also, The A7V333 likes to set itself to 266.. Althoug the latest Bios patch seems to fix that....

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Like Idaho.

 

[labdog]

hate to say this, but it's probably the memory...
Also, The A7V333 likes to set itself to 266.. Althoug the latest Bios patch seems to fix that

hmm.., well, is it the memory or the mb ?


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[Smokey]

Fenn, I just built my PC and have the same problem. My specs:
XP 2000
A7V333
512MBs Samsung PC2700 x 1
My processor is still locked, and the multiplier is stuck at 12.5 (12.5*133=1663). Do you think it could be because of the processor mutiplier that we cannot change FSB speeds? I tried to set the FSB at 166 and the computer would'nt run, so I had to set it back.