OCZ EL DDR PC-3700 Gold Edition Review @ Madshrimps

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"The Asus P4C enables PAT automatically when the FSB <= 200Mhz, this will set the RAS to CAS at 2. OCZ PC3700 did not work with this setting. So putting the PAT at standard instead of auto/turbo solved this issue, choosing memory timings CL2 2-3-5 the system booted up without problem and was stable up to 208Mhz.

Earlier PC3700+ memory had problems running at CL2 with such tight timings, but these sticks can handle it as long as you put RAS to CAS at 3."
I don’t believe what is being described here really is really the root of the issue at hand. I did however have similar problems with the Abit IS7 board and after a short discussion with Corsair it was discovered that the memory controller was actually at fault. This is a known issue and something that Intel has never fully addressed. To solve the problem Corsair had purposely set the RAS to CAS at 3 since 2 will cause system failures.

So to recap, its not PAT nor the memory module but rather the Intel chipset. (both Canterwood and Springdale). The issue with the Asus BIOS is an entirely different issue.

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