Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:51:13 +0100 (CET) From: Claus Guttesen <cguttesen@yahoo.dk> To: "Michael R. Wayne" <amd64@wayne47.com>, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to debug >2GB memory issues (and 3ware) Message-ID: <20041124075113.74052.qmail@web14106.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20041124071343.GU49800@manor.msen.com>
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> > I have a Dual 4GB system with a 3ware SATA > > controller that's working > > properly as long as I restrict it to 2GB with: > > hw.physmem=2G > > > Short term fix: > Remove the last Gig of RAM so that there was only > 3 GB physical RAM in the box. Note that limiting it > to 3GB with hw.physmem=3G > did NOT work, that only worked to 2 GB. > > Long term fix: > Replace the 8 512MB Corsair DIMMs (where are > approved to run with the Arima motherboard) with 4 > Kingston 1GB DIMMs. All problems vanished > immediately and the box runs fine with 4 Gig. Hmm, funny. I just bougth an Tyan GX28 with 4 GB RAM and a 3ware-sata-controller. Installed FreeBSD 5.3 (amd64), works like a charm. Luckily (as it turns out) the salesman and I agreed on 4 x 1GB memory modules (long term fix). Claus
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