A7N8X-E Deluxe Memory Questions

[marshahu]

donald7777 - I am currently using Crucial RAM with this board, and I am still having this problem. I was contemplating trying out some OCUK Dual Channel RAM which unfortunatley has given worser problems on two PCs with no dual channel support. After your warning I think I wont be doing that.

If was to fill the last slot with another 1GB of Crucial memory of the same spec as the other two modules, would the Dual Channel facility automatically be turned off and why?? Maybe the dual channel facility on the two modules is what could be causing stability issues - just a shot in the dark.

I confess, the two modules I have at the moment were not bought as a dual channel kit but they are of exactly the same type - I ordered them at the same time with the same people. Only difference between them and the dual channel kit was that they were packaged in their own boxes and was a couple of quid cheaper. Maybe despite being exactly the same in every shape and form, there must be some small insignificant difference between the two modules which causes problems when in dual channel mode :-S

Again, another shot in the dark

Please help, and thanks for the help so far. Very sorry for the huge amount of questions so far!!

 

[posterum]

I'm also having memory-related problems with this MoBo... I recently bought 3x 1Gb DDR 400 SAMSUNG modules as a final upgrade for my PC, and NONE of them work on it! I tried them in other machines and they run fine, whilst on the A7N8X Deluxe, NONE of the modules will work in ANY of the slots!!! (The BIOS version is 1008)

Any ideas???

 

[sailer]

All I could suggest is to go back to DDR 333 ram. That's what I ended up using back when I had various A7N8X motherboards. It seemed to work best. Then I migrated to a 939 socket and have been there since.

 

[posterum]

Yet, I've been running 2x 256 DDR 400 modules for over 4 years now, and they've never glitched! I'm betting on some conflict between this chipset and samsung, does anyone know anything about that?

 

[sailer]

I've often wondered if part of the problem was having 3, instead of 4 ram slots, so the ram became unbalanced when all three slots were used. Can't say for sure about that, only a guess. Then again, when that board came out 512 mg of ram was big. My last ram combo was with 768 mg of ram, which ran ok. As I say, I migrated to 939 and left it behind.

As for the Samsung, I don't know about that. Through the years I tried PNY, Kingston, and Corsair. The Corsair worked the best for me.