FreeBSD 5.3 installation on Asus K8V-D impossible?

[Rainer Koschnick]

Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> # obrien at freebsd.org / 2005-02-28 00:25:23 -0800:
> 
>>On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 08:39:54AM +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
>>
>>>    What memory did you have in the box? I've had the same problem with
>>>    K8T Neo-FIS2R and 3x Corsair CMX512-3200C2. The board only works
>>>    with a narrow selection of 400MHz modules. :(
>>
>>Actually I would read the mobo *and* AMD docs very, very carefully.
>>Using 3x DDR400 (PC3200) DIMM's is out of the JEDEC spec, IIRC.  I stick
>>to DDR333 (PC2700) memory as its easy to find CL2.5 DIMMs, but most
>>DDR400 is CL3.0.  So the end performance in the BW increase is mostly a
>>wash; and I avoid the electrical loading issues of the faster memory bus.
> 
> 
>     I'll admit I'm not an expert on hardware, can you point out what's
>     wrong with the configuration (3 double-sided 400MHz modules)?
> 
>     BTW, the Corsairs are 2.5-3-3-6. Oh, and DDR400 modules are (or
>     were two months ago, not sure about the situation ATM) cheaper than
>     DDR33 ones.
> 

I only bought 2 memory modules when I bought this board because on the 
ASUS site it was clearly stated that only 2 DDR400 modules can be used 
together.  I wished I had more than 1GB of memory though.  I got 2 
corsair modules with 512MB each.  Mine are running at 2.5-3-3-8 at 200MHz, 
using the default SPD values because they actually got slower when I 
tried changing the timings.