Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 16:36:07 -0600 From: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> To: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk> Cc: dochawk@psu.edu, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2 GB? Message-ID: <20011212163607.C96739@luke.immure.com> In-Reply-To: <3C17D9CF.A356BB1D@algroup.co.uk>; from ben@algroup.co.uk on Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 10:27:27PM %2B0000 References: <20011212092409.C58771@luke.immure.com> <200112122158.fBCLwTZ08996@fac13.ds.psu.edu> <20011212161021.A96739@luke.immure.com> <3C17D9CF.A356BB1D@algroup.co.uk>
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On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 10:27:27PM +0000, Ben Laurie wrote: > Bob Willcox wrote: > > > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:58:29PM -0500, dochawk@psu.edu wrote: > > > bob bobbled, > > > > > > > In my experience, this type of problem has always turned out to be > > > > hardware. The more memory DIMMs you install in a MB the more likely it > > > > is to happen. I was able to _finally_ get my two dual Athlon systems > > > > with Tyan S2460 MBs to work with 1GB (4 256MB DIMMs for a total of 8 > > > > banks of memory), but only after replacing the MBs with newer revisions. > > > > Prior to doing that, I had one of them (with the older rev MB) run fine > > > > for 2 months before failing. > > > > > > err, don't the specs say it can only handle a six bank load? > > > > I think they do now, but Tyan used to claim that it supported 8 banks. > > Indeed, they list a "typical" configuration in their user's manual as > > having 4 256MB DIMMs, i.e., 8 banks. It seems that they revised their > > spec to only 6 banks when they discovered 8 banks were a problem. :-) > > Funnily enough this is a Tyan board :-) > > Anyone want to recommend one that is known to work? Which Tyan board is it? Bob -- Bob Willcox Boucher's Observation: bob@vieo.com He who blows his own horn always plays the music Austin, TX several octaves higher than originally written. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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