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-rw-r--r--src/northbridge/amd/gx2/raminit.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/northbridge/amd/gx2/raminit.c b/src/northbridge/amd/gx2/raminit.c
index fcc05e92f4..e45d696e35 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/amd/gx2/raminit.c
+++ b/src/northbridge/amd/gx2/raminit.c
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ static void sdram_enable(int controllers, const struct mem_controller *ctrl)
/* load RDSYNC */
msr = rdmsr(0x2000001f);
msr.hi = 0x000ff310;
+ /* the above setting is supposed to be good for "slow" ram. We have found that for
+ * some dram, at some clock rates, e.g. hynix at 366/244, this will actually
+ * cause errors. The fix is to just set it to 0x310. Tested on 3 boards
+ * with 3 different type of dram -- Hynix, PSC, infineon.
+ * I am leaving this comment here so that at some future time nobody is tempted
+ * to mess with this setting -- RGM, 9/2006
+ */
+ msr.hi = 0x00000310;
msr.lo = 0x00000000;
wrmsr(0x2000001f, msr);