AIEEE! (Screaming for Hank) Now that I've got that out of my system, if it's possible I'd like to have my new baby up and running by my birthday ( March 13th) if it's possible. Ain't computers both wonderful and extremely aggravating? Jo Ann -------Original Message------- From: GMan Date: 02/22/07 02:33:18 To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Jo Ann's New system - Dept. of RAM Good Morning, Jo Ann, (assumption? perhaps) Ok, I just ran across an unbiased review of the board (AnandTech) and it is, in fact, a known problem with the board's tightly set timings and not with the RAM. This issue affects more than just this particular board, too. ASUS is currently working on an updated BIOS that corrects the problem. This basically means there's nothing wrong with the OCZ we've been discussing and, as I suspected, it comes down to the board makers trying to be the best performers and setting their timings too tight. Alright, as a result of the above revelation, we've now got to talk about mainboard revisions. When a mobo maker releases a board, it normally comes with the first stable BIOS they designed for it already installed. When they update the BIOS, they make it available on the internet for owners of that board to download and flash. If they're still manufacturing that board, they drop the original BIOS and use the newer one instead. To differentiate between the older and newer boards, they use a revision number. Subsequent BIOS updates will coincide with higher revision numbers until they eventually stop producing that particular mainboard. They may or may not continue to produce newer BIOS updates once the board is no longer manufactured. Having said all that, you're going to want to buy this board with the new BIOS already installed because there's no way for you to flash the BIOS without having installed the RAM already. It's one of those catch-22s unless you get the newest revision. Of course, this means you'll have to hold off on the board until it's available with this new BIOS AND you'll have to specifically ask for this revision, since stores online & off will still have some of the older stock they're trying to unload. This AnandTech review I'm reading is dated Dec 22nd of 2006, so the new revision may already be available. I'll let you know what I find. Peace, GMan " -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/