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[Bearcat99]

I have this board. I recently bought another stick of 512 RAM bringing my mem up to 1.5G DDR 400 RAM. However when i boot it shows me in dual channel mode and I get this bluescreen error message and then at the bottom it says its dumping memory. I have since removed the extra 512 and I will wait to see if it happens again. I though this board would only run dual channel if there were two DIMMS, and even then one in socket 1 and the other in socket 3. I though if you filled all the slots it would just count up the RAM and be happy. No that i have mem in 1 & 2 it says 1G in single channel mode. Should I just take tat extra 512 back?

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[Bearcat99]

I have this board. I recently bought another stick of 512 RAM bringing my mem up to 1.5G DDR 400 RAM. However when i boot it shows me in dual channel mode and I get this bluescreen error message and then at the bottom it says its dumping memory. I have since removed the extra 512 and I will wait to see if it happens again. I though this board would only run dual channel if there were two DIMMS, and even then one in socket 1 and the other in socket 3. I though if you filled all the slots it would just count up the RAM and be happy. No that i have mem in 1 & 2 it says 1G in single channel mode. Should I just take tat extra 512 back?

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[B16Enk]

Take it back!

It must match exactly the existing RAM.

And yes it will still be in dual channel mode.

Mix 'n matching memory is fraught with problems BC.

[JG26Red]

also, i think to run in Dual u need agp card? something like that, i have the A78NX-VM, only has 2 dimm slots, i have 1gb and they running dual fine... it is a touchy MB, took me 3 days to get it working right... gotta find the right drivers..

[Arcadeace]

I have the same board with 512 in the first and 256 the third. Their both Kingston 3200 and bus speed is 400 with no problems. I would return the stick, I doubt over 1 gig is really necessary.

[AJRobson]

What kind of RAM is it? PC3200? I know that you said you have a Barton 2500 oc'd.. so I assume that you are ocing the fsb.

I have two A7N8X's (A7N8X-E Deluxe and A7N8X-X)(Had a A7N8X Del rev 1.04 before I broke it)

I had to buy fairly high quality RAM to be able to run a 200 fsb (even with the XP 3200). I have some Kingston PC4000 and OCZ PC3700. Both will run stable at 200 fsb. Unfortunately, my Samsung RAM now will not.

I would think it is will help your game performance far more to run 1 GB if good ram at 400 mhz than 1.5 GB at 333, or slower.

I'm just hoping that BoB won't require over a GB of RAM.

[Troll2k]

I have the Asus a7n8x delux v 2.0 and I am running 2 sticks(matched Corsair ddr400) in dual channel mode.I read where it will run in dual channel mode with 3 sticks( I was contemplating adding more).My guess is that they all need to be matched.Not all ddr is created equal.

[Bearcat99]

They are all 512 sticks of Crucial RAM.

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[B16Enk]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bearcat99:
They are all 512 sticks of Crucial RAM.

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

And the same rating?

Try removing all but the latest one and run a Memtest on it.

If you buy Crucial RAM from Crucial, using their selector, it is guaranteed to work.

Sadly IIRC it is relatively slow RAM with a CL of 2.5 for 2700(333) and CL 3 for 3200 (400).

They list two 512Mb PC2700 modules for the A7N8X Deluxe board:
CT6464Z335
and
CT3264Z335

Worrying that they don't list a compatible 512mb PC3200 (DDR400) module in the UK, but the US is:

CT6464Z40BA

You could try running Aida32 to confirm th RAM you have installed.

[Bearcat99]

Thanks Enk..I'll check it out as soon as i take the boy to school.

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