On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, James Ralston wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, David wrote:
> > Automatic configuration of the RAM timings ("By SPD") doesn't work
> > on this motherboard.
> WORKSFORME; I've never had any problems with the "By SPD" setting on
> my Asus A7V333, regardless of the BIOS version (currently 1011, but I
> didn't have any problems with older versions either).I didn't mean to imply it is a characteristic of all A7V333 motherboards, but it's certainly the case with mine. I tested 4 sticks of brand-name DDR (PC2700 and PC2100) - none worked with SPD. (I initially thought my Corsair XMS was faulty, but that's not the case) > > With various DIMMS, I would get random lockups, memtest86 failures, > > etc. Works perfectly if I manually set the timings. > Are you certain the modules you had problems with supported SPD? Not > all modules do... Yes, all 4 DIMMs worked fine in other motherboards set to use SPD. I've seen other A7V333s that do work with SPD, so perhaps I have a strange motherboard, or only a certain revision/BIOS combination does this. David.
