11 Feb
2005
11 Feb
'05
14:49
The MSI board states that: "Note: PC3200 (DDR400) maximum 4 banks only." How would I know how many banks there is?
You need to get that spec from the RAM manufacture. Most Kingston RAM uses 4 banks.
I'll do some experimenting with lower memory speeds, like setting it to 266MHz instead of 400MHz. A cheap and quick fix is a newer mobo, perhaps with Nvidia's nForce2 chipset, apparently it's more tolerant with memories?
A word of caution with RAM tuning. It's easy to enter a setting that makes the board completely unbootable which then requires a BIOS reset (don't even ask how I learned this) :-p Jeff