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From: Nick Boyce on 13 Mar 2007 21:20
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:37:42 +0000, I wrote:

>I have an NF7-S v2 system, with an Athlon XP 2600 (Barton) and 512 Mb
>Corsair ValueSelect CAS 3-3-3-8 RAM. It all works perfectly well (no
>overclocking) but I'd like to add another 512 Mb RAM.
>
>The closest match in the stock list of my usual supplier is a 512 MB
>stick of Corsair ValueSelect CAS 2.5 RAM - and I'm wondering whether
>there's any problem with mixing the latencies like that.
>
>The first 512Mb is 2x256Mb installed in the first two slots with Dual
>Channel mode enabled, and I'd plan to leave them there and put the new
>DIMM in the third slot.
>
>Does anyone know of any reason why this marriage should not take place
>:-) ?

I just wanted to report back to the group that the new RAM is working
fine in conjunction with the old RAM. The post messages indicate that
I still have dual channel mode, and, purely subjectively, the machine
seems a little faster if anything.

As suggested by the good folks here, I relocated the two 256Mb DIMMs
to slots 1 & 2, and put the new 512Mb DIMM in slot 3, and Memtest86
V3.2 shows this for the RAM :

"RAM : 166 MHz (DDR332) / CAS : 3-3-3-8 / Dual Channel (128 bits)"

I didn't try up'ing the FSB to 200 - I'm happy with the machine as is.

Thanks very much for all the advice.

Nick Boyce
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