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On Wed, 26 May 2004 11:21:01 +0100, "Richard Hopkins"
<richh@dsl.popex.co.uk> wrote:
>Don't know if you read my reply to one of your previous posts Tony, but I've
>had PAT working on an IC7-G, with four memory sticks, in the past.... you can
>only run at or near 200MHz memory bus clock to keep performance mode,
>and memory timing issues also become critical (i.e. if you run two sticks of
>Brand X, and two sticks of Brand Y RAM, your mileage may vary).
>
Hi Richard
You're correct, I had not yet read the other newsgroup where you said
the following:
>Reading some of your other posts you seem to have got the idea that the IC7
>won't run PAT with all four memory sockets populated, period. That isn't
>accuratet. It will run with PAT enabled on four identical sticks of good
>quality PC3200 at default (or moderately overclocked) speeds.
>What you won't be able to do is overclock to the same extent you would with
>two sticks while keeping PAT and eventually, stability. This, however, is
>far from a "problem" that is unique to the IC7 series, it's been a factor
>with virtually every motherboard and memory platform since the PC, and the
>sport of overclocking, was created.
Richard, that is *exactly* the impression I had from reading in the
Abit forum: That the IC7 series boards would not enable PAT with all
four RAM slots in use, *period*.
No one on the Abit board ever mentioned PAT working with all 4 slots
in use. There may be a good reason for that: there's a very real
chance that they're all overclocking.
Since you seem to be having the success and stabilty I'm seeking with
an IC7-G, can I ask what brand and configuration of memory you're
using?
You may want to post on the Abit board, I have a feeling I'm not the
only one that thinks there's no way to enable PAT with all 4 slots in
use:
http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=51428
Thanks for your posts !!
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