jess Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 I have the A8N-SLI Deluxe with BIOS 1006. I have a 4000+ AMD64 and 4x512MB 3200XL PRO memory, a single 6800 video card and an Antec NeoPower PS (480W; 18A-12V rail and a second 15A-12V rail). I have the memory timings manual set to DDR400 and 2-2-2-5 in the BIOS... it seems to be stable. I run standard cooling and the CPU gets to about 49/50C during Prime95. I run both Prime95 and memtest86+... both run fine for hours. If the system has been stable like this for a month, what is the likelyhood it will give out anytime soon? Is it more likely to give out at these settings? I have read that several people are having trouble? Will my machine eventually blow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted May 5, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted May 5, 2005 I think you will be fine, but if you add another Video Card you may need to get a bigger PSU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess Posted May 5, 2005 Author Share Posted May 5, 2005 There was some mention of AMD64's manually stepping the board down to DDR333 (and 2-3-3-6 timings?) when you use 4 modules. Do you know if this is true and/or if when I override those settings, am I really, or does the CPU override the BIOS settings? Is there anyway to really test the timings and get output with numbers like DDR400 and 2-2-2-5 that would verify these settings? Can you tell I'm new at this? :o: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeghoofd Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 Yes that was the case regarding some older cores of the AMD CPU, most probs with those timing issues when using 4 modules of ram was improved from Winchester/Venice core on. Manyusers runnign higher specced 3800 and plus haven't had any issues with 4 dimms. Also your board is newer and I think the big manufacturers ( Asus, ABit, DFI,...) wil have spend many hours to prevent stuff liek that happening on their new releases. The weird thing is sometimes AMD delivers CPU's with unlisted cores, I have a 3500 Clawhammer while my previous 3500 was a Newcastle core in CPU-Z , it runs a bit cooler and has slight improved memory controller ( but it aint a Winchester nor a Newcastle ). Like RAM guy suggested if you add more hardware a better PSU might be better but as long as there ar eno issues keep those components cool with fresh air mate and you will be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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