K7S5A Pro Ram Support

[embj]

I just bought a K7S5A Pro for my new server and am waiting for it to get here. I need to buy ram for it and I'm curious if it will support a 1gb stick. I know it can support up to a max of 1gb of ram but, not sure about just a 1gb stick.

I would prefer to put a 1gb stick over two 512mb sticks because a 1gb stick is cheaper than two 512mb sticks.

Thanks.

[embj]

bump...

[daveleau]

Sorry, the max amount it can support is 1GB, meaning it can only support 512 sticks in its two slots. You can't have 1 1GB stick in one slot and nothing in the other.

[embj]

I didn't think so...but, you never know with this crazy mobo. Anyway, what is the best type of PC2100 that I can buy for this thing? I know this thing is very picky on what type of memory it takes as well as power supply so....

Thanks.

[sm8000]

You'd do just fine with Micron/Crucial, but test it first - especially if it's for a server.

[NDC]

I would prefer to put a 1gb stick over two 512mb sticks because a 1gb stick is cheaper than two 512mb sticks.

Are you sure? That's rarely the case. 2 x 512 would cost far less than 1 x 1GB of the same memory manufacturer...

[embj]

If I buy my memory I usually get it from eBay and a 1gb stick will cost around $135-160 where as a 512mb stick costs around $80-90 a stick. You double that and you have between $160-180.

I wouldn't really care about having 1gb of ram but, Exchange 2003 is a memory hog.

[Xtreeme]

ebay mem. At that price! LOL. Go to the egg and get a warrenty stick. Like kingston or go to crucial and get some. Free shipping life time warrenty on both. You dont get that from a auction site. With how mem can be. I mean out of the years of building I have returned ALOT of brand new mem bad right outta the box. Others that failed 6 months later. All covered by warrenty. But that would have added up over time if they were used sticks and I ate the loss. Now on our K7S5A Pro here I have the xp2200+ and PNY (samsung chips) mem pc2100 cas 2. Run rock solid since day one not a single hickup. So I know PNY or Samsung for that matter is O.K. with this board. Run memtest86 looped for 2-3 hours after setup and then you know for sure if mem and mainboard mem controler is o.k./compat.

[0oooooops]

I would get 2 stick of 512 mb ram for this mobo becasue this mobo won't support 1 gig stick. and also if something happens to your ram in the future losing 512 mb or ram is better then losing 1 gig!

[jerrygarcia]

I run 2 512 sticks of Cruicial in my Pro board and it runs great. The ECS boards are picky about ram and I have only run Crucial in all of mine. 4 - K7S5A, 1 - K7S5A Pro.