Can P4T533-C take 2 x 512 MB 1066 RDRAM chips?

[Hellenason7]

The Asus spec site says the P4T533-C can support up to Samsung 256MB
1066 RDRAM chips. I'd like to put 2 GB's total in my board, which requires
four 512 chips. Can I do this? Should I stick to Samsung?

The RDRAM is $$$! Will the board work with 2x512 and 2x256 (1.5 GB
total)?

 

[Ixnei]

The Asus spec site says the P4T533-C can support up to Samsung 256MB
1066 RDRAM chips. I'd like to put 2 GB's total in my board, which requires
four 512 chips. Can I do this? Should I stick to Samsung?

The RDRAM is $$$! Will the board work with 2x512 and 2x256 (1.5 GB
total)?

Apparently so, according to other posts, as well as the "horse's mouth",
it is capable of 2GB with PC1066:

http://www.google.com/groups?as_q=p...es&ie=UTF-8&as_ugroup=*asus*&lr=&num=20&hl=en
http://www.asus.com.tw/mb/socket478/p4t533-c/specification.htm

It sounds like 512MB modules are newer than the time when testing was done
for compatibility, thus they aren't getting listed in manuals (and dated
WEB pages - they never seem to update these, only remove them eventually)...

One in particular, running at ~PC940 with PC800 modules:

http://www.google.com/groups?hl=en&...es&ie=UTF-8&as_ugroup=*asus*&lr=&num=20&hl=en

Here's some recommendations:

http://www.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&[email protected]

I'd throw in my $.02 and recommend looping for a few hours with memtest,
as well as cpuburn/prime95/seti (whichever you prefer for cpu-intensive)...

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[Hellenason7]

I'd throw in my $.02 and recommend looping for a few hours with memtest,

as well as cpuburn/prime95/seti (whichever you prefer for cpu-intensive)...

Thanks for all the info. Can you elaborate more on these tests? What
will the few hours of looping tell me?

 

[Ixnei]

Thanks for all the info. Can you elaborate more on these tests? What
will the few hours of looping tell me?

They will help to ensure that the system is stable, and the memory is
working properly. Adding more memory will tax the motherboard/cpu/power
supply considerably more, therefore the need for cpu-intensive testing in
addition to standard memory testing. These tests tend to simulate
worst-case usage conditions, so being able to "pass" them for long periods
of time should more-or-less guarantee a rock-solid stable system during
'normal' uptime use...

--
We HAVE been at war with Iraq for 14 years now, bombing their
country on at least a weekly basis.
"U.S.-led sanctions have killed over a million Iraqi citizens,
according to UN studies" - James Jennings
3,000+ innocent Iraqi civilian casualties can't be "wrong"...