J1NG Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Hi all, Just wondering whether there are any problems with this board and 8 sticks of Corsair's 3200 512MB Registered ECC Low Latency RAM. I've tried it with 4 and it was fine, but when I paired them along with some smaller RAM modules (4x256) the system would only recognise 2.7GB (Used 4x512 and 2x256 and worked fine). So I was wondering whether it's this board in using all eight dimm slots, or the smaller RAM modules causing problems. Tyan Thunder K8W (rev 0.3) BIOS: 1.0.1 AMD Opteron 1.4Ghz (x2) 2GB (2x TwinX1024RE-3200LL) J1NG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted November 17, 2003 Corsair Employee Share Posted November 17, 2003 Sounds like a board or bios issue. But I would test the modules 2 at a time to be sure and you can use [URL=http://www.sniggins.com/memory_tester.htm ]Microsoft Memory Test[/URL] to test them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J1NG Posted November 25, 2003 Author Share Posted November 25, 2003 As per your advice, I've checked the RAM using the tester, and found no problems with the RAM. I contacted Tyan, who told me that they have not heard of my problem, and to test the system with RAM of the same type (in all the slots no less) to see what happens. So after getting more Corsair TwinX 1024RE-3200LL RAM (8x512MB total), I tried again. Well, the same thing happens, almost. With 6x512MB (4x512 and 2x512), the system POSTS with 2784MB and is shown to be 2784MB in the BIOS. With 8x512MB (4x512 and 4x512), the system POSTS with 2560MB, but the BIOS shows the full 4096MB. Anyway, I was just wondering whether you had tried this RAM/CPU/Mobo combination and whether you got normal results, or got something similiar to mine. Tyan Thunder K8W rev .03 (BIOS 1.01) 4GB (4x TwinX1024RE-3200LL) AMD Opteron 240 1.4Ghz x2 Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB Thanks for the help. J1NG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J1NG Posted November 25, 2003 Author Share Posted November 25, 2003 *Update* Well, I've just received word from Tyan, that this is a currently known problem, but has only been heard of when running 4GB of RAM. (You get the problem when using 4GB RAM). Whilst my initial 3GB was unheard of at the time. The email has said that this is a work in progress and will be kept posted upon. So, in short, it appears that if you want this board, or already have it, consider 2GB-, or 4GB+ for your setup. Hope this helps other Thunder K8W users. :): J1NG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J1NG Posted January 13, 2004 Author Share Posted January 13, 2004 Would like to post one last update. That if you are still having troubles with the Tyan K8W board and RAM sizes between 2.5 and 4+ GB in size not being detected properly, you should update your BIOS to version 1.01i(beta) or later. This BIOS should sort your problems out. J1NG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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