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Re: Odd hardware errors on 3.5-machine

From: Jerry Seutter (jseuttergmail.com)
Date: Thu Jul 01 2004 - 13:21:57 CDT

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:51:05 -0400, Adam <suckmy-balls.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 10:34:44AM -0600, Jerry Seutter wrote:
> > I had this happen on a machine a couple of months ago. The frequency
> > of checksum errors would increase with the load on the box. Turned
> > out we had upgraded the motherboard and the new motherboard couldn't
> > handle the ram we had in it... We had (I think) ddr400 memory and the
> > motherboard could only handle ddr333.
>
> That isn't a problem. 400 will work just fine in a motherboard that
> will only do 333, it just runs at 333. The RAM is rated to perform at
> the higher speed, it can still run at slower speeds just fine. Perhaps
> you meant the memory was 333 and the BIOS was set to have the RAM at
> 400?

That's how it's supposed to work, and why it took so long to track
down the problem. We tried a few different brands of 400 and they had
the same problem. Stuck in 333 and it worked. We chalked it up to
shoddy motherboard design.

Jerry