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First post, by jasa1063

Posted on 2020-03-05, 21:48

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I recently put together an Athlon XP 3200+ retro build using an ASUS A7V600 motherboard with a VIA KT600 chipset. I have had some stability issues with DDR 3200 memory running at 400 Mhz. It runs fine a 333 Mhz. It currently has the last production BIOS 1008. There is a beta BIOS 1009 on ASUS's website and was wondering if upgrading to this version would help with memory compatibility. I cannot find any release notes on this version, and I am hesitant to upgrade the BIOS to this version in case it causes problems. Does anyone have experience with this BIOS release and if I were to upgrade can I install the previous BIOS version if necessary?

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Reply 1 of 2, by PC Hoarder Patrol

Posted on 2020-03-05, 23:42

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Seems its not too stable with DDR 400 so that beta bios might not help...read this thread memory question

Reply 2 of 2, by jasa1063

Posted on 2020-03-06, 00:29

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That pretty much is what I suspected that DDR 3200 DIMMs running at 400 Mhz were going to be problematic. The board only supports 2 DIMMs running at 400 Mhz. I just popped in a 3rd 1GB DDR 3200 DIMM and decided to run 3GB at 333 Mhz. Not a huge loss anyway. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

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