GA7-NNXP - Is it possible to use all four mem slots??
There was a review of the GA7-NNXP in the current issue of Micromart
magazine, here in the UK. Although their reviews cannot easily be described as "in-depth", one paragraph did happen to catch my eye as I am seriously considering spending my hard earned money on a NNXP. open quote Having a fourth memory slot is only worthwhile if you can increase the quantity of installed memory. As PC2700 and PC3200 modules are only economically available in 256MB and 512MB sizes, and the 7NNXP supports up to 3GB, we wanted to see Windows XP running on 2GB RAM. We sourced 2GB Crucial PC2700 memory and 2GB Corsair PC3200 memory, but try as we might, the Gigabyte wouldn’t support 2GB of memory. Although the manual states that four dual sided modules can be used (i.e. eight banks of memory) it seems that the real limit is six banks, which is three modules. That’s a shame as the 7NNXP had been doing so well up to that point. We hope that a bios update will allow all four memory slots to work correctly, but until then this is a very expensive motherboard that fails to do the one thing that would set it apart from the competition. close quote Is there anyone out there who would care to please offer an opinion on the points raised? Many thanks for any help that you all care to offer. Pete |
The manual does NOT state that 4 dual sided modules can be used, the
reviewer must not read very well. On page 21 of the manual it states that to use 4 modules that DIMM 1 & 2 must be either both double sided or both single sided, and DIMM 3 and 4 must be both single sided. A .pdf version of the manual can be downloaded from Gigabyte's site. "Pete" wrote in message s.com... There was a review of the GA7-NNXP in the current issue of Micromart magazine, here in the UK. Although their reviews cannot easily be described as "in-depth", one paragraph did happen to catch my eye as I am seriously considering spending my hard earned money on a NNXP. open quote Having a fourth memory slot is only worthwhile if you can increase the quantity of installed memory. As PC2700 and PC3200 modules are only economically available in 256MB and 512MB sizes, and the 7NNXP supports up to 3GB, we wanted to see Windows XP running on 2GB RAM. We sourced 2GB Crucial PC2700 memory and 2GB Corsair PC3200 memory, but try as we might, the Gigabyte wouldn't support 2GB of memory. Although the manual states that four dual sided modules can be used (i.e. eight banks of memory) it seems that the real limit is six banks, which is three modules. That's a shame as the 7NNXP had been doing so well up to that point. We hope that a bios update will allow all four memory slots to work correctly, but until then this is a very expensive motherboard that fails to do the one thing that would set it apart from the competition. close quote Is there anyone out there who would care to please offer an opinion on the points raised? Many thanks for any help that you all care to offer. Pete |
My 677 ultra has the same limitation 3rd and fourth slots single sided only!
Wayne "Pete" wrote in message s.com... There was a review of the GA7-NNXP in the current issue of Micromart magazine, here in the UK. Although their reviews cannot easily be described as "in-depth", one paragraph did happen to catch my eye as I am seriously considering spending my hard earned money on a NNXP. open quote Having a fourth memory slot is only worthwhile if you can increase the quantity of installed memory. As PC2700 and PC3200 modules are only economically available in 256MB and 512MB sizes, and the 7NNXP supports up to 3GB, we wanted to see Windows XP running on 2GB RAM. We sourced 2GB Crucial PC2700 memory and 2GB Corsair PC3200 memory, but try as we might, the Gigabyte wouldn't support 2GB of memory. Although the manual states that four dual sided modules can be used (i.e. eight banks of memory) it seems that the real limit is six banks, which is three modules. That's a shame as the 7NNXP had been doing so well up to that point. We hope that a bios update will allow all four memory slots to work correctly, but until then this is a very expensive motherboard that fails to do the one thing that would set it apart from the competition. close quote Is there anyone out there who would care to please offer an opinion on the points raised? Many thanks for any help that you all care to offer. Pete |
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