I think that's a bit of an overstatement ;) The Winchesters were fine, you could run 2G fine (2*1GB sticks) or 4 sticks (at DDR333) as the memory controller in them was set for 333.
:) CW -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 6:30 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] AMD CPU question Venice, San Diego, Manchester (512KB dual core, 3800+, 4200+, 4600+), and Toledo (1MB dual core, 4400+, 4800+...I have a Toledo) all share the same memory controller, so yes. Winchesters seemed to have a lot of issues.... Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'The Hardware List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 6:23 PM Subject: RE: [H] AMD CPU question > No, my 3000 is a Winchester. I think that's the earlier one that had the > problems. > > So if I go for a new dual core, or a venice I should be okay? > > Thanks, > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 6:53 PM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] AMD CPU question > > Is your 3000+ a Venice? > > The Venice/San-Diego is the first memory controller that can handle > running > four sticks of memory at DDR400 speeds. Previous cores could only do > DDR333 > (or was it 2T?) reliably. > > If it is a Venice, you won't have any better luck with a Toledo or > Manchester dual core, as they use the exact same memory controller present > in the Venice/San-Diego. > > If it isn't a Venice, you can get a 3000+ 1.8GHz Venice model and push it > to > 2.6 or 2.7GHz, and it should work fine with four modules. > > Greg > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'The Hardware List'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 4:47 PM > Subject: [H] AMD CPU question > > >> I've had an Athlon 64 3000+ cpu for about 6 months now. It's been a >> great >> system. I'm currently running xp64 as well and they are rock stable. >> >> However, I've had problems getting 4 sticks(2 gigs of ram) to work at the >> correct speed. I've read various articles about the memory controller >> being >> on the CPU, and some of the Athlons having problems. >> >> I'm thinking about upgrading to the dual core chips. Will I have a >> problem >> with those as well? I'd really like to be able to use all 4 sticks, at >> full >> speed. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Chris >> >> > > >
