Crucial Ram

[DJ]

I would like to send it back but I am outside the US and shipping is expensive. Might not be worth it. Any way I have gotten pass the lockups with less aggressive timings within windows. Memtest still freezes. Is that OK?

DJ

[Gurm]

Not really. You'll still run into problems, I'm afraid.

I wouldn't entirely rule out the board. A lot of boards have trouble with various large-sized chips. I skirted the issue by buying all 256MB sticks, but you may not have enough slots (many boards don't nowadays).



I have spoken.

- Gurm

[DJ]

I will try and get another board to test If the problem remains I guess I'll have to return the ram.

DJ

[Nuno]

To keep this discussion on one thread

So Nuno, my ram problems could be because I am using DDR 333?

I don´t think so. DDR333 is backwards compatible, so it should work fine at DDR266 speeds. It´s more likely the size of the module (512Mb) that´s giving you trouble, specially if you´re using an old bios. What bios are you using for your K7S5A?

Anyway, it could be a bad stick. Crucial does certify its PC2700 512Mb modules for K7S5A, so you can always return it.

[Pace|Work]

Originally posted by DJ
I would like to send it back but I am outside the US and shipping is expensive. Might not be worth it. Any way I have gotten pass the lockups with less aggressive timings within windows. Memtest still freezes. Is that OK?

DJ

Where are you then? Sell it to me for half price

[DJ]

Nuno, Thats what I thought.

Pace, I think not! Anyway to ship from the Caribbean would not be worth it.

DJ

[Pace|Work]

Yeah, if it was UK I might have offered something (halfprice was just a joke as I hope you realised ).

P.

[DJ]

But of course!

DJ

[DJ]

Nuno, What bios are you using? I have dowloaded a bios but did not install it. There were to many for me to decide which one.

DJ

[Nuno]

Here: http://www.ocworkbench.com/2002/ecs/...cheepobios.htm

I use the latest cheepoman bios. It will give you several fsb options and more tweaking options. It also correctly detects SSE on T-bred´s. Try it. May I remind you to NOT flash the bios with the new memory, as it´s giving you errors, and it can corrupt the bios image.

[DJ]

I believe that I downloaded that also some time ago. Anyway I'll give it a try.

DJ

[DJ]

Whats the difference between the K7S5A Pro and the K7S5A? Should I use the Pro bios?

DJ

[Nuno]

Do not use the pro bios. It has a diferent pci routing and you may not be able to boot any more.
This is the one I use http://www.ocworkbench.com/2002/ecs/...os/Chb1129.zip
Forget the fastwrites, it´s not worth the hassle.

[az]

If you have the pro, use the pro bios, if you have non-pro, use that. The wrong one shouldn't install anyway.

AZ

[Nuno]

hmmm, yes, but I was under the impression he has a regular K7S5A?