On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:56:26 +0100, "Zdenek Sojka"
wrote:


"kony" píse v diskusním príspevku
.. .
On 11 Feb 2005 22:10:24 -0800,
(Marcus) wrote:

I see what appears to be a very good deal for 512MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz
Memory CL3. I was thinking of getting 2 sticks for my ECS K7S5A
motherboard. It is an older board (about 3 years). The specs say it
can handle max of 1GB RAM DDR. The max FSB is 166mhz I think. Will the
memory mentioned above work on this board?

Thanks for any feedback.

Marcus

In theory it should work but in practice a lot of those
boards were quite buggy, particularly with regards to
memory. I'd suggest CAS 2 or 2.5 as a better attempt with
that board, possibly still needing to manually lower the
timings to CAS3, OR if that didn't work you could then try
another motherboard. It could work though, should work, but
may not. Be sure to test with memtest86 for several hours.


I was using memtest86 with no errors, but later tried goldmemory
(shareware), which found some problems.

It's good that you found the problems but based on what was
needed to solve them, the memory wasn't the problem. I
will typically suggest someone run Prime 95's Torture Test
for several hours to check the CPU/related.


The way to get all working was increasing CPU voltage (1.65-1.70) (AthlonXP
2600+, MSI KT6 Delta)
Another CPU - Duron 1300, Abit K7T133, GF4MX440 - had big problems with
running 3D apps.
The way was increasing voltage again - 1.75-1.825. But I am so unhappy this
happens. There are good PSUs
(350W first case, 400W fortron second case).

I really dont understand where is the problem...

Zdenek Sojka

Are they running hot?
The cooler the CPU the lower the voltage needs be. It's not
a very large difference but if it were borderline... could
just be the boards though. Your problems are unusual
compared to those I've seen, usually the CPU stays quite
stable at stock voltage and frequency.