Subject: Re: memory limit
buddha@gci.net
Date: Mon Mar 18 2002 - 16:58:17 AKST
It has more to do with your MB chipset and the amount of SRAM and tag RAM
(cache) on the mobo. I once had a Supermicro P5STE with Intel's 430HX
chipset which had a limit of 512MB. When I upgraded the BIOS to MR BIOS to
experiment with IDE RAID the memory limit wasn't affected. I later found
out that Supermicro had left some of the tag RAM off the mobo so I was
stuck at 64MB.
-Buddha
References:
http://www.asuscom.ru/products/techref/chipset/430hx/430hx-008.html
http://www.gensw.com/pages/prod/bios/chipsets/i430hx.htm
http://x86.ddj.com/intel.doc/chipsets.htm
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> Neil Moomey wrote:
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>>I have an older Compaq Presario. I added 512MB of SDRAM memory and when
I turned it on it says 256MB. Is there any way to fix this problem or is
256MB the limit? Someone said upgrading the bios would fix it. If so do
I have to get that from Compaq? Thanks.
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>>Neil
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> Hey Neil. I;m pretty sure Thats you max. It's my understanding that is
the Motherboards decision and not the Bios. My MSI board can handle 3gig.
I upgraded the BIOS, still 3gig.
> Besides, 265 isnt bad....
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> Adam
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