<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 5:21 PM, John Drescher <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drescherjm@gmail.com" target="_blank">drescherjm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>> I could not get a Crucial 4GB DDR2 800 Dual-Channel pair to work in my Asus<br>
> board (would not even POST), but an OCZ 4GB DDR2 800 Dual-channel pair<br>
> worked perfectly.<br>
><br>
</div>Did you try a bios update? I had some boards that would not take 8GB<br>
of DDR2 (2 pairs of 2GB) without updating the bios.<br>
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John<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br>Yessir. ;-) Latest Bios on both motherboars, still no love. :-( <br><br>On the 2nd (newer) system, it would at least POST, and BIOS recognized the memory, but the system would lock up after a short time, even if just in the BIOS... So it was not stable at all. <br>
<br>The OCZ worked perfectly the 1st shot on both systems. No issues whatsoever. I first tested it on the new system (Athlon X2 6000+), then moved it to my backend (slightly older board - Athlon 64 x2 4800). It worked perfectly in both (and my backend is now running with 4GB DDR2 800 in dual-channel mode. Yay! ) <br>
<br>After the successful 2x2GB OCZ install in my backend system, I then tried 4x1GB DDR2 800 dimms in the 6000+ system, and it worked fine. (2x1GB that I had already, and 2x1GB that I removed from my backend - both Crucial, with same timings)<br>
<br>It's just that neither system 'liked' the Crucial DDR2 800 4GB set (2x2GB DC kit) <br><br>Also, forgot to mention that the 4800+ didn't work witht eh 4x1GB DDR2 dimms, but they work fine in the 6000+ system.<br>
<br>I apologize for being a little vague and not including the motherboard models - I'm at work and don't remember the exact models and don't want to mis-quote them now by trying to 'guess'... ;-) If anyone is interested in knowing the exact models, reply to this message and I'll be happy to reply with the specifics. ;-) <br>
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J-e-f-f-A<br>