"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message
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In addition to the other comments, you need to be aware that just because
the mobo specs say that it supports 8GB of ram and that it supports 1066
ram does NOT mean that it will support 8GB of 1066 ram.

It may only support 8GB of 800 or 667 ram but 4GB of 1066. It is all too
frequent a problem with current mobos. It almost certainly won't work
with stock settings. The best thing to do is get on the mobo mfg's user
forum and start asking questions and reading threads. Also, look for the
test reports on the mfg's website so you can see what configurations have
been tested for each brand of ram.

If you are going for a fully populated board with 2x1GB sticks, then you
are not going to be able to do it at the top rated speed supported by the
mobo. The current memory controller drivers and BIOS aren't cutting it on
consumer mobos in that configuration.


Some motherboards do work properly. I agree that a lot don't, but to say
they all don't is an over generalization. I have a rock steady system using
a Gigabyte M61P-S3 motherboard using four 2GB DDR2 800 DIMMS (8GB, fastest
supported speed). The key seems to be to use high quality matched RAM for
all four sticks and use a motherboard/chipset that supports more RAM than
you are using. The M61P-S3 supports up to 16 GB.

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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
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