jkc120
08-18-2006, 10:13 PM
I can't seem to find a definitive answer on this. I see posts on these forums and other places that they were able to boot the DS3 with the F1 BIOS out-of-the-box with the F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ RAM. Others report not being able to boot at all and needing to use some cheap DDR2-533 to be able to change the vDIMM to get the G.skill to boot with the board.
So, is this a luck of the draw thing? Will it work out of the box with the DS3 or not? I'm really not wanting to drop $30 for RAM I'll never use, just to update the BIOS to F3+ to use this RAM. Can you please confirm whether this will work out of the box?
I saw someone mention changing the SPD to cas5, was this already done and if I buy the RAM from newegg, will it come with this update? I'm trying to avoid any RMAs or additional memory purchases. Please advise.
Thanks in advance!
So, is this a luck of the draw thing? Will it work out of the box with the DS3 or not? I'm really not wanting to drop $30 for RAM I'll never use, just to update the BIOS to F3+ to use this RAM. Can you please confirm whether this will work out of the box?
I saw someone mention changing the SPD to cas5, was this already done and if I buy the RAM from newegg, will it come with this update? I'm trying to avoid any RMAs or additional memory purchases. Please advise.
Thanks in advance!