-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Jo Ann's New system - Dept. of RAM
- From: "Tech Rose - LoveBytes" <TechRose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:41:47 -0800
JoAnn & Gman
Where are you located?
I have a couple of sticks of 512 DDR2 ram I am not using... (I will have to
ask my other half to find them.) If I could loan them to you to get your
machine going..and then you would have to send them back to me.
This machine came with 1 GB of RAM which is two sticks of 512 mb matched.
This is the type that has to be matched.
I do not know if they will work to get you up and going. They are either PC
2800 or PC 3200.
These may be too old for you..I do not know. They could be the wrong type.
And..my other half has to find them.. lol! IF we did not put them in his
machine already... tee hee...
Let me know if you are interested... and Gman..let me know if they would
work.. and then I will ask my other half. No sense bringing it up and
finding out you cannot use them.
Rose
Las Vegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "GMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "PCTechTalk FreeLists Group" <PCTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11:05 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Jo Ann's New system - Dept. of RAM
Jo Ann,
Considering you've decided on the ASUS P5N-E SLI mainboard,
http://wapurl.co.uk/?Y78Q2TM
I now hesitate to recommend this particular OCZ memory.
http://wapurl.co.uk/?S3TVSHX
While the memory is top notch by itself, several people have reported
problems getting it to work with your board. I should point out that there
are ALWAYS folks who have problems with any combination of RAM & boards, but
this one has OCZ's attention. Please read the following two pages for
clarification.
http://wapurl.co.uk/?OZS3M9H
http://wapurl.co.uk/?IMMSTON
From what I've read at various sources, some people don't experience
this problem at all while others do. If you're not afraid to give it a go,
it's a killer combination for sure, once it's working. According to the OCZ
forum mod, 1T should work up to DDR2-800 (which is what the board supports),
above that, 2T is basically a must (and I suggest you avoid). This means
the rating is basically on the cusp and really depends on the individual
sticks you receive. Since the mainboard defaults this timing to 1T, if
either one of the RAM modules just barely passed their QC tests, it may give
you issues because the RAM will require the timing to be set at 2T before
it'll boot. Of course, you can't adjust the timings unless you can at least
get into the BIOS. This is why I said earlier that some folks have gotten
around this by initially installing cheaper sticks just to get into the BIOS
to make the necessary changes.
So, if you have access to a cheap stick of DDR2, this will not be that
big of an issue to you. Otherwise, I have to suggest we look elsewhere.
Peace,
GMan
"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!"
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