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Sherman
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 Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:33 pm Post subject: Dimm Memory for K7S5A Pro ver 5.0 |
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Fry's has some memory on sale.
I'd like to buy a couple of 512mb chips but am worried about
compatibility.
Suggestions? |
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tcsenter
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: Dimm Memory for K7S5A Pro ver 5.0 |
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Large capacity modules (512MB and larger) are something of a gamble on
K7S5A, but I've had good luck with Elixir Original memory modules.
I recommend sticking with the industry standard 2.5V memory that is not
rated for high performance or overclocking; Elixir Original, Kingston
Value RAM, Corsair Value, Crucial, PNY, Spectek, etc. |
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Cari
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: Dimm Memory for K7S5A Pro ver 5.0 |
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"Sherman" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:ehhcm1hivbi5ukr0gsk1bv3lonca5tqd1q@4ax.com...
| Quote: | Fry's has some memory on sale.
I'd like to buy a couple of 512mb chips but am worried about
compatibility.
Suggestions?
PC2100 is the highest the K7S5A Pro can handle. |
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Cari (MS-MVP)
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Don Taylor
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:36 pm Post subject: Re: Dimm Memory for K7S5A Pro ver 5.0 |
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Sherman <me@privacy.net> writes:
| Quote: | Fry's has some memory on sale.
I'd like to buy a couple of 512mb chips but am worried about
compatibility.
Suggestions?
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Fry's used to have a reputation for making returned purchases
a nightmare. But a few weeks ago I was very surprised when I
returned one of their Hummingbird pci modems and I sailed right
through the return process. They asked why I wanted to return
it, I said I had tried to get it to install, had gone to the
net, got new drivers, couldn't make it work, wanted to return
it. And they asked if I wanted cash or credit back to my card.
So you could ask them for advice about the best parts to put
in the board, they will likely claim that their most expensive
parts are better than the stuff on sale or with rebate. And if
you use appropriate care and they don't work then carefully
package them back up and return them. It might work out fine.
It used to be that pairs of sdram caused problems with the board
and the advice was to only use a single sdram or use ddr, singly
or in pairs, for dependability.
I've had that board running a long time with a pair of ddr 512's
that were on sale at Fry's and had no problems with anything but
the usual Windows software. |
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Ken
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:32 pm Post subject: Re: Dimm Memory for K7S5A Pro ver 5.0 |
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Sherman wrote:
| Quote: | Fry's has some memory on sale.
I'd like to buy a couple of 512mb chips but am worried about
compatibility.
Suggestions?
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You might have problems with the high density RAM. I bought a stick of
512MB Kingston Value RAM DDR, and it would recognize the RAM but failed
while running. I put the RAM in another MB and it works fine. It was
PC2700 DDR. |
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tod
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:31 am Post subject: Re: Dimm Memory for K7S5A Pro ver 5.0 |
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I used two 256MB DDR memory sticks I bought from Fry's on my K7S5A Pro 5.0
Any name brand memory should work on the K7S5A Pro 5.0.
Stay away from Fry's generic no-name stuff.
The K7S5A uses (for the DDR slots) PC-2100 133mhz memory.
PC-2700 333mhz or PC-3200 400mhz memory will also work on the board,
but will only run at 133mhz speed.
"Sherman" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:ehhcm1hivbi5ukr0gsk1bv3lonca5tqd1q@4ax.com...
| Quote: | Fry's has some memory on sale.
I'd like to buy a couple of 512mb chips but am worried about
compatibility.
Suggestions?
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larry moe 'n curly
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:31 am Post subject: Re: Dimm Memory for K7S5A Pro ver 5.0 |
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Sherman wrote:
| Quote: | Fry's has some memory on sale.
I'd like to buy a couple of 512mb chips but am worried about
compatibility.
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I've been able to use cheap Kingston and PNY P3200 512MB and Spectec
PC2700 256MB modules with that mobo, but it wouldn't boot with any
PC3200 module when the BIOS was set to the safe defaults.
I've had so much trouble with name brand memory that I can't see how
generic Fry's memory can be worse. OTOH I always test memory overnight
with both MemTest86 (www.memtest86.org) and Gold Memory
(www.goldmemory.cz) and return any that fails at all. |
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Sherman
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:32 pm Post subject: Re: Dimm Memory for K7S5A Pro ver 5.0 |
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:10:51 -0600, Don Taylor <dont@agora.rdrop.com>
wrote:
| Quote: | Sherman <me@privacy.net> writes:
Fry's has some memory on sale.
I'd like to buy a couple of 512mb chips but am worried about
compatibility.
Suggestions?
Fry's used to have a reputation for making returned purchases
a nightmare. But a few weeks ago I was very surprised when I
returned one of their Hummingbird pci modems and I sailed right
through the return process. They asked why I wanted to return
it, I said I had tried to get it to install, had gone to the
net, got new drivers, couldn't make it work, wanted to return
it. And they asked if I wanted cash or credit back to my card.
So you could ask them for advice about the best parts to put
in the board, they will likely claim that their most expensive
parts are better than the stuff on sale or with rebate. And if
you use appropriate care and they don't work then carefully
package them back up and return them. It might work out fine.
It used to be that pairs of sdram caused problems with the board
and the advice was to only use a single sdram or use ddr, singly
or in pairs, for dependability.
I've had that board running a long time with a pair of ddr 512's
that were on sale at Fry's and had no problems with anything but
the usual Windows software.
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thanks.
You wouldn't happen to have the label info off the chips handy would
you?
I have one of these in there now:
ValueRam
kvr-pc2100ddr/256 2.5v kingston
pc2100ddr/256
99c5189-001.a00
1188698 CE
assy in china |
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uddarts
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:32 pm Post subject: Re: Re: Dimm Memory for K7S5A Pro ver 5.0 |
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"" wrote:
| Quote: | Sherman <me@privacy.net> writes:
Fry's has some memory on sale.
I'd like to buy a couple of 512mb chips but am worried
about
compatibility.
Suggestions?
Fry's used to have a reputation for making returned purchases
a nightmare. But a few weeks ago I was very surprised when I
returned one of their Hummingbird pci modems and I sailed
right
through the return process. They asked why I wanted to return
it, I said I had tried to get it to install, had gone to the
net, got new drivers, couldn't make it work, wanted to return
it. And they asked if I wanted cash or credit back to my
card.
So you could ask them for advice about the best parts to put
in the board, they will likely claim that their most expensive
parts are better than the stuff on sale or with rebate. And
if
you use appropriate care and they don't work then carefully
package them back up and return them. It might work out fine.
It used to be that pairs of sdram caused problems with the
board
and the advice was to only use a single sdram or use ddr,
singly
or in pairs, for dependability.
I've had that board running a long time with a pair of ddr
512's
that were on sale at Fry's and had no problems with anything
but
the usual Windows software.
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i’d go with 3200 so you can use it later. i’ve run 2x512 corsair in my
pro.
http://www.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?/topic/35/5100.html#000005
http://www.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?/topic/35/5021.html#000000
no one in these threads seemed to have any problem with 512’s 3200.
ud
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