MadM989 Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 My computer specs: Abit NF7-S2 Corsair ValueSelect 512 MB DDR400, cas latency 2.5 AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 80 GB + 100 GB SATA Radeon 9600 Win XP Home My memory works, but no matter what I do it only runs at DDR333. I ran MemTest and GoldMemory compatibility test and came up with no errors. I updated the BIOS and tried all memory settings, from "Optimal" to "Turbo" in BIOS, but no dice. I noticed last night when I took the CPU out to reapply Arctic Silver 5, that when I put it back in and it came up with the "CPU has been changed" error message at POST (fixed by entering BIOS and saving settings), it said it was running at DDR400. Don't know if this is relevant, just thought it might be helpful. The Abit website recognizes Corsair as being compatible with it's motherboards, so it would be ridiculous to have Corsair's most popular product incompatible with Abit's most popular Socket A board. How could I fix this? CPU-Z memory screen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 30, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 30, 2005 With a 2800+ CPU you would need to run the memory in sync with your CPU or DDR333. Sorry but that is a chipset limitation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMC_SAVAGE Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 First off, if your CPU is a Barton core, the FSB is only 333MHz. That's why your RAM is showing as 333MHz, if the settings are default. The 2800 Barton should hit a 400MHz FSB if you change the BIOS settings. You may have to drop the Multiplier if it's unlocked. The RAM would then have to set manually to 400MHz. Ram Guy got me while typing..............:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 30, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 30, 2005 :eek: Hate it when that happens!:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadM989 Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 I was thinking that was the problem. Thanks for the response! I've heard the L1 bridge in the newer Socket A's (barton core) is almost impossible to unlock. Is this true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 1, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 1, 2005 Hve not tried that, you might ask at http://www.houseofmobos.com or http://www.overclockers.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.