A7NX Deluxe, Barton, and PC 2100 ?

[Bilbo_Baggins]

My nephew had some quirky problems with his Pent 3 500mhz, so I decide
to give him my MSI KT266a/xp1600 combo and I ordered a A7NX deluxe and
a Barton. I wanted to save some cash for the short term and thought
if I could split my 2 banks of 256meg of crucial memory bewteen me and
him (for now). Seems like memory is still evolving a bit.

1) Will this board work with the 2500 Barton and a stick of 256 meg
PC2100 Crucial at 266 FSB?

2)Is there a chance of running the Crucial 2100 at 333 speeds? And if
so what timings would you suggest?

3) If I can over clock the PC2100 is there a chance I could damage it?

4) What memory works best with this board when I do buy and I'll
probably do with 2 banks of 256meg each? Corsair XMS? The single side
winbond stuff?

I typically order from Newegg. This is my first Asus/Nvidia board. I
had been a MSI/Via guy...hope this will be a pleasant experience.

TIA

 

[S.Heenan]

My nephew had some quirky problems with his Pent 3 500mhz, so I decide
to give him my MSI KT266a/xp1600 combo and I ordered a A7NX deluxe and
a Barton. I wanted to save some cash for the short term and thought
if I could split my 2 banks of 256meg of crucial memory bewteen me and
him (for now). Seems like memory is still evolving a bit.

1) Will this board work with the 2500 Barton and a stick of 256 meg
PC2100 Crucial at 266 FSB?

Yes. Run the memory at the same speed as the FSB.

2)Is there a chance of running the Crucial 2100 at 333 speeds? And if
so what timings would you suggest?

No. Maybe 145MHz or so.

3) If I can over clock the PC2100 is there a chance I could damage it?

Provided you don't increase the voltage too high, not likely. Run Memtest if
you overclock much past 133MHz

4) What memory works best with this board when I do buy and I'll
probably do with 2 banks of 256meg each? Corsair XMS? The single side
winbond stuff?

The Barton will likely do 200MHz+ FSB, so you'll need at least PC3200 to run
in sync with it. Corsair and Mushkin are very good brands.