Nforce4 and 4 memory modules

[danswan]

Evening all.

I seem to remember this question being bandied around when Nforce4 was all the rage but as I'm about a year behind the times I wondered if anyone could refresh my memory.

I have a DFI Infinity NF4 SLI board, Opteron 170 @2.85Ghz. I currently have 2 x 512 Corsair DDR1 modules in there and I have another 2 x 512 of similar but not identical memory. I am dual booting with XP and Vista and where 1GB seems fine in XP, in Vista it does not.

Am I right in thinking that 4 modules will definitely not work with this setup? Will save me fannying on swapping slots, clearing CMOS all night if it's a definite no lol.

Thanks

p.s is 'fannying' considered a swear word? If so let me know and I'll edit it ta.

 

[danswan]

Thanks for the replies, I have got it going with similar results. After a day or so of tweaking I now have got it stable, cant get the CPU anything above 2.5GHZ though.

So from 2850 / 1GB @ 237 to 2500 / 2GB @ 208. Im guessing will be worth in in Vista, but not in XP.