Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 22:20:43 +1100 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@cybercom.net> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LS-120, Riva 128, ASUS motherboard Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980108221813.28150q-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980108022323.009a2200@cybercom.net>
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On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, The Classiest Man Alive wrote: > >> P2L97 to work with more than 64 MB of RAM (BIOS settings, switches, > >> anything)? > > > >If this is a VX or TX board, forget it. > > Sheesh, is is that bad? Actually I think that this is an LX board (if > that's even one of the choices). What's the technical reason that VX/TX > boards can't have more than 64 MB? The VX and TX chipsets won't cache more than 64 MB. You can put more RAM in, but everything slows down. For > 64 MB use HX, Via VP-2 or a new SiS chipset board (eg. GigaByte 586S). For lots of info like this, see Tom's Hardware Guide <http://tomshardware.com/>; Danny
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