Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:27:25 -0300 From: JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@uni-mainz.de> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD 64 stability Message-ID: <200602240527.25483.joao@matik.com.br> In-Reply-To: <43FEBD8C.4010602@uni-mainz.de> References: <43FCEF9C.5050308@bluelight.org.uk> <200602240455.07500.joao@matik.com.br> <43FEBD8C.4010602@uni-mainz.de>
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On Friday 24 February 2006 05:02, O. Hartmann wrote: > > Isn't it an issue of the capabilities of the use technique of memory > sticks? If electrical basics are given for driving a lot of memory, a > mainboard capable of driving 32 GB RAM should be able to run 64 GB RAM > when the appropriate double sized memory sticks get available. > So this questions can not be answered neither from only the point of > view of the processor nor from only the electrical layout of the mainboar= d. > > In most cases, speaking of Opterons (Socket240), the electrical load is > the limiting factor, not the CPU, so the design of the mainboard AND of > the memory sticks are relevant. > I don't know if this would work but if the manufactor says the board suppor= ts=20 2GB or whatever modules per slot then we should believe this trying to put bigger ones in would be a wast of time I guess, most boards=20 would not even boot with incorrect memory modules Jo=E3o A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik https://datacenter.matik.com.br
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