233MHz+ FSB settings dont work on KV8-Max3!?

[Matt Simis]

Hi,

Got a KV8-Max3 a couple of days ago and am having a few problems.

Firstly, my KingMax PC3500 ram doesnt work at even DDR400 speeds in it. I put in my old TwinMos 3200 and its fine. Then I noticed it was shipped with the .14 bios, while Abits website indicates that *.15* is the latest. Ive updated, but is makes me worried that Ive received an early HW revision, which leads onto..:

The main problem is that the settings for 233MHz+ FSB dont appear to work. I can get to 232MHz (at 38MHz PCI afaik), the new divider comes into play at 233 (ie that would be at 33MHz PCI) but upon setting 233MHz FSB the system wont boot. I get a beep error code similar to the no memory one.

Im using a Prometeia super cooler, so heats not a problem, Ive tried various voltages and LDT speed options, slowed down the ram, and now Im out of ideas.

Any suggestions?

Matt

 

[Andrew Diederich]

Matt Simis wrote:

Hi,

Got a KV8-Max3 a couple of days ago and am having a few problems.

Firstly, my KingMax PC3500 ram doesnt work at even DDR400 speeds in it. I put in my old TwinMos 3200 and its fine. Then I noticed it was shipped with the .14 bios, while Abits website indicates that *.15* is the latest. Ive updated, but is makes me worried that Ive received an early HW revision, which leads onto..:

The main problem is that the settings for 233MHz+ FSB dont appear to work. I ...

Don't mean to make a silly suggestion, but I had some problems with memory stability until I came to the realization that I was trying to run in dimm slots 2&3 (which isn't supported at ddr400). Switching to dimm 1&2 worked perfectly with several types of ram at 400mhz and a little above (radeon's finicky at increased agp speed for me!). Now of course that meant that I couldn't use my corsair pro with my oversized zalman cpu HSF, but hey, that's the breaks. hope it helps.