On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, David wrote: > 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) Very strange. > > > 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. I tend to doubt this, as I've run a bunch of different BIOS revisions on my system. I had no problems with using the "By SPD" setting, regardless of my BIOS version. Although I guess it doesn't matter much at this point (because you can work around it), my guess would be some sort of hardware problem with the motherboard itself... -- James Ralston, Information Technology Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA