Why do I have stability issues when I run more than a couple sticks of DDR400 memory with my AMD Opteron based motherboard?
Make sure to double check the speed at which your memory is set to run in the bios. If you are running more than 2 sticks of double sided DDR400 memory then it is our recommendation to run that memory at 333MHz speed. Keep in mind, this issue is related to the space and trace width on the board, the design of the memory modules used and the memory controller on the CPU. Therefore, it is a combination of things that contribute to potential data integrity issues that led to our recommendations for down clocking the memory to 333Mhz.
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