From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 28 17:07:23 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB19E16A4CE for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:07:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AF85C43D62 for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:07:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from arkay@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 28 Feb 2005 17:07:21 -0000 Received: from ip220.28.1411H-CUD12K-01.ish.de (EHLO [192.168.1.102]) (62.143.28.220) by mail.gmx.net (mp024) with SMTP; 28 Feb 2005 18:07:21 +0100 X-Authenticated: #1732206 Message-ID: <42234FC3.50301@gmx.net> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:07:15 -0100 From: Rainer Koschnick User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org References: <25805.1109507962@www41.gmx.net> <20050228021220.GB13696@dragon.nuxi.com> <422289DB.5090408@sdodson.com> <4222A92E.6020500@gmx.net> <84dead72050227215243be0950@mail.gmail.com> <20050228073954.GA14037@isis.wad.cz> <20050228082523.GB38063@dragon.nuxi.com> <20050228083319.GA379@isis.wad.cz> In-Reply-To: <20050228083319.GA379@isis.wad.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 installation on Asus K8V-D impossible? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:07:23 -0000 Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # obrien@freebsd.org / 2005-02-28 00:25:23 -0800: > >>On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 08:39:54AM +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote: >> >>> What memory did you have in the box? I've had the same problem with >>> K8T Neo-FIS2R and 3x Corsair CMX512-3200C2. The board only works >>> with a narrow selection of 400MHz modules. :( >> >>Actually I would read the mobo *and* AMD docs very, very carefully. >>Using 3x DDR400 (PC3200) DIMM's is out of the JEDEC spec, IIRC. I stick >>to DDR333 (PC2700) memory as its easy to find CL2.5 DIMMs, but most >>DDR400 is CL3.0. So the end performance in the BW increase is mostly a >>wash; and I avoid the electrical loading issues of the faster memory bus. > > > I'll admit I'm not an expert on hardware, can you point out what's > wrong with the configuration (3 double-sided 400MHz modules)? > > BTW, the Corsairs are 2.5-3-3-6. Oh, and DDR400 modules are (or > were two months ago, not sure about the situation ATM) cheaper than > DDR33 ones. > I only bought 2 memory modules when I bought this board because on the ASUS site it was clearly stated that only 2 DDR400 modules can be used together. I wished I had more than 1GB of memory though. I got 2 corsair modules with 512MB each. Mine are running at 2.5-3-3-8@200MHz, using the default SPD values because they actually got slower when I tried changing the timings.